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A hiatus is a gap, in medical terminology and in lay language. Hiatus in medical terminology is usually used to refer to a hiatal hernia.

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In medical terminology, a hiatus refers to a gap, opening, or a passage that allows one structure to pass through another. For example, the esophageal hiatus is an opening in the diaphragm through which the esophagus passes.

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