Definition of rupture

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

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Ruptured :: Ruptured (imp. & p. p.) of Ruptur.
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..
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..
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..
Rupture :: Rupture (v. t.) To produce a hernia in.
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..
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Rent :: Rent (n.) Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church..
Burstwort :: Burstwort (n.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.
Ruption :: Ruption (n.) A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
Breach :: Breach (n.) A hernia; a rupture.
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..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
Aneurism :: Aneurism (n.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery..
Rupture :: Rupture (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.
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..
Disrupture :: Disrupture (n.) Disruption.
Laparocele :: Laparocele (n.) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
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..
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..
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