Plus get some simple action steps that you can can start taking now to help avoid getting a hernia when working out and lifting weights. First off, a hernia is when some organ material (i.e. a portion of the intestine) protrudes through a weakness in abdominal lining. This weakness is often caused by genetics.
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adaptation. 1  the act of adapting. 2  the state of being adapted; adjustment. 3  something produced by adapting: an adaptation of a play for television. 4. Biology. any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment. a form or structure modified to fit a changed environment.