Definition of rupture

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

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Sore :: Sore (a.) A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil..
Rupture :: 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..
Filanders :: Filanders (n. pl.) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm..
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..
Broken-bellied :: Broken-bellied (a.) Having a ruptured belly.
Rupture :: Rupture (n.) Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture..
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..
Perineorrhaphy :: Perineorrhaphy (n.) The operation of sewing up a ruptured perineum.
Rupture :: Rupture (v. t.) To produce a hernia in.
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..
Scrotocele :: Scrotocele (n.) A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.
Disruption :: Disruption (n.) The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state..
Rent :: Rent (n.) Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church..
Ruption :: Ruption (n.) A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
Breach :: Breach (n.) A hernia; a rupture.
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..
Aneurism :: Aneurism (n.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery..
Disrupture :: Disrupture (n.) Disruption.
Burst :: Burst (n.) A rupture or hernia; a breach.
Rupture :: Rupture (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.
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