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Rupture :: Rupture (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion..

Ruptured :: Ruptured (a.) Having a rupture, or hernia..

Burstwort :: Burstwort (n.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.

Ruptured :: Ruptured (imp. & p. p.) of Ruptur.

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..

Rupturewort :: Rupturewort (n.) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.

Breach :: Breach (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture..

Hernia :: Hernia (n.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture..

Retard :: Retard (v. t.) To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations..

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 (n.) Hernia. See Hernia.

Burst :: Burst (n.) A rupture or hernia; a breach.

Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

Rejuvenescence :: Rejuvenescence (n.) A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc..

Laparocele :: Laparocele (n.) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.

Rupture :: Rupture (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.

Scrotocele :: Scrotocele (n.) A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.

Permeate :: Permeate (v. t.) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand..

Split :: Split (v. t.) To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.

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