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  [hahy-ey-tuh s] /haɪˈeɪ təs/ noun, plural hiatuses, hiatus. 1. a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. 2. a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript. 3. any gap or opening. 4. Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break […]

• Hiatus

  [hahy-ey-tuh s] /haɪˈeɪ təs/ noun, plural hiatuses, hiatus. 1. a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. 2. a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript. 3. any gap or opening. 4. Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break […]

• Hiatus esophageus

  hiatus esophageus hiatus e·so·pha·ge·us (ē’sə-fā’jē-əs) n. The opening in the diaphragm between the central tendon and the aortic foramen through which the esophagus and the two vagus nerves pass.

• Hiatus-hernia

  noun, Pathology. 1. an abnormal condition in which part of the stomach protrudes upward through the esophageal cleft in the diaphragm, sometimes causing a backflow of acid stomach contents into the esophagus. noun 1. protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm at the oesophageal opening hiatus hernia n. See hiatal hernia.

• Hiatus saphenus

  hiatus saphenus hiatus sa·phe·nus (sə-fē’nəs) n. The opening in the broad fascia through which the saphenous vein passes to enter the femoral vein. Also called oval fossa.

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