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Contrecoup :: Contrecoup (n.) A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected..

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

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..

Disrupture :: Disrupture (n.) Disruption.

Broken-bellied :: Broken-bellied (a.) Having a ruptured belly.

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

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

Aneurism :: Aneurism (n.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery..

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..

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..

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..

Breach :: Breach (n.) A hernia; a rupture.

Rupture :: Rupture (v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel..

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

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

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

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..

Extravasation :: Extravasation (n.) The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels..

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..

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