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

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..

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

Rupturewort :: Rupturewort (n.) Same as Burstwort.

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..

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..

Crack :: Crack (n.) Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense..

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

Rupture :: Rupture (n.) Hernia. See Hernia.

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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..

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

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..

Disrupture :: Disrupture (n.) Disruption.

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

Rent :: Rent (n.) Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church..

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