A condition in which an organ pushes through a muscle or wall containing it is a(n) ____. 

A. anal fissure
B. wart
C. hernia
D. hemorrhoid
E. mole


C. hernia
A weakness in the abdominal wall muscle in which an organ pushes through a muscle or wall containing it is a hernia.

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