Definition of rupture

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Rupture (n.) The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring..

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Ruptured :: Ruptured (a.) Having a rupture, or hernia..
Broken-bellied :: Broken-bellied (a.) Having a ruptured belly.
Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture..
Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations..
Effusion :: Effusion (n.) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface..
Rupturewort :: Rupturewort (n.) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
Breach :: Breach (n.) A hernia; a rupture.
Wind-broken :: Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse..
Rupture :: Rupture (v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel..
Diapedesis :: Diapedesis (n.) The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels..
Split :: Split (v. t.) To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
Ruptured :: Ruptured (imp. & p. p.) of Ruptur.
Disrupture :: Disrupture (n.) Disruption.
Rupture :: Rupture (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion..
Burstwort :: Burstwort (n.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.
Rupture :: Rupture (v. t.) To produce a hernia in.
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Rupture :: Rupture (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.
Traumatism :: Traumatism (n.) A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of the stomach caused by traumatism..
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