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Hernia vs Scrotum - What's the difference?

hernia | scrotum |

As nouns the difference between hernia and scrotum

is that hernia is hernia while scrotum is (anatomy) the bag of skin and muscle that contains the testicles in mammals.

hernia

English

Noun

  • (pathology) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

    • Derived terms

    * hernial * herniated * herniotomy English nouns with irregular plurals

    scrotum

    English

    (wikipedia scrotum)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The bag of skin and muscle that contains the testicles in mammals.
    • The female labia majora is homologous to the male scrotum .

    Hypernyms

    *genitals

    Synonyms

    * ballbag, ballsack * See also

    Derived terms

    * scrotal