Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ruptured"
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)
Ruptured \Rup"tured\ (?; 135), a. (Med.)
Having a rupture, or hernia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ruptured
adj : suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal
pressure; "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst
seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; (`busted' is an informal
term for `burst' as in "a busted balloon") [syn: {burst},
{busted}]
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