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rup⋅ture

  [ruhp-cher] noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
2. the state of being broken or burst: a rupture in the earth's surface.
3. a breach of harmonious, friendly, or peaceful relations.
4. Pathology. hernia, esp. abdominal hernia.
–verb (used with object)
5. to break or burst: He ruptured a blood vessel.
6. to cause a breach of: to rupture friendly relations.
7. Pathology. to affect with hernia.
–verb (used without object)
8. to suffer a break or rupture.
Origin:
1475–85; < L ruptūra (n.), equiv. to rupt(us) (ptp. of rumpere to break) + -ūra -ure

Related forms:
rup⋅tur⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
2. fracture, break, split, burst. 5. fracture, split, disrupt.

Antonyms:
2. seam, union. 5. unite.
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rup·ture   (rŭp'chər)   
n.  

    1. The process or instance of breaking open or bursting.

    2. The state of being broken open.

    3. A hernia, especially of the groin or intestines.

    4. A tear in an organ or a tissue: rupture of an appendix; ligament rupture.

  2. A break in friendly relations.

  3. Pathology

    1. A hernia, especially of the groin or intestines.

    2. A tear in an organ or a tissue: rupture of an appendix; ligament rupture.

v.   rup·tured, rup·tur·ing, rup·tures

v.   tr.
To break open; burst.
v.   intr.
To undergo or suffer a rupture.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ruptūra, from ruptus, past participle of rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]
rup'tur·a·ble adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1rup·ture
Pronunciation: 'r&p-ch&r
Function: noun
1 : the tearing apart of a tissue <rupture of theheart muscle> <rupture of an intervertebral disk>
2 : HERNIA

Main Entry: 2rupture
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: rup·tured; rup·tur·ing /-ch&-ri[ng], -shri[ng]/
transitivesenses
: to produce a rupture in <rupture an eardrum> rupture intransitive senses
: to have or undergo a rupture
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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rupture rup·ture (rŭp'chər)
n.

  1. The process of breaking open or bursting.

  2. A hernia, especially of the groin or intestines.

  3. A tear in an organ or a tissue.

v. rup·tured, rup·tur·ing, rup·tures
To break open; burst.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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