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HERNIATION Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word herniation. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For HERNIATION

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alignment
nounn
noun

• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

• the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

• (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

• the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

compression
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an increase in the density of something

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

• applying pressure

contraction
nounn
noun

• (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds

• the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

correction
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

• a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

• something substituted for an error

• a rebuke for making a mistake

• a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases

• the act of disciplining

• treatment of a specific defect

receding
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• a slow or gradual disappearance

• the act of becoming more distant

adjective satellite

• (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back

regression
nounn
noun

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

• the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

• returning to a former state

retraction
nounn
noun

• a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

• the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back

tautness
nounn
noun

• the physical condition of being stretched or strained

• lack of movement or room for movement

tightening
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of making something tighter

straightening
verbv
verb

• straighten up or out; make straight

• make straight

• get up from a sitting or slouching position

• put (things or places) in order

• straighten by unrolling

• make straight or straighter

Alternatives for ALIGNMENT

Alternatives for COMPRESSION

Alternatives for CONTRACTION

Alternatives for CORRECTION

Alternatives for RECEDING

Alternatives for REGRESSION

Alternatives for RETRACTION

Alternatives for TAUTNESS

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