Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rupture"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruptured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Rupturing}.]
1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a
blood vessel.
2. To produce a hernia in.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. i.
To suffer a breach or disruption.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rupture \Rup"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum
to break: cf. F. rupture. See {Reave}, and cf. {Rout} a
defeat.]
1. 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.
--Arbuthnot.
Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly
rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young.
--Milton.
2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open
hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly
relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a
rupture with his family. --E. Everett.
3. (Med.) Hernia. See {Hernia}.
4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden
manner than by explosion. See {Explosion}.
{Modulus of rupture}. (Engin.) See under {Modulus}.
Syn: Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution.
See {Fracture}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hernia \Her"ni*a\, n.; pl. E. {Hernias}, L. {Herni[ae]}. [L.]
(Med.)
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}.
{Strangulated hernia}, a hernia so tightly compressed in some
part of the channel through which it has been protruded as
to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the
protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia,
but is more common in the latter.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rupture
n 1: state of being torn or burst open
2: a personal or social separation (as between opposing
factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
[syn: {breach}, {break}, {severance}, {rift}, {falling out}]
3: the act of making a sudden noisy break
v : separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped";
"tear the paper" [syn: {tear}, {snap}, {bust}]
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