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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hernia \Her"ni*a\, noun; 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\ (?; 135), noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\, verb (used without an object) To suffer a breach or disruption.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rupture
noun
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
verb: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" [syn: {tear}, {snap}, {bust}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
200 Moby Thesaurus words for "rupture": abrade, abrasion, abysm, abyss, alienation, arroyo, bark, blemish, bloody, box canyon, breach, breach of friendship, break, break in, break into, break open, break through, break up, breakage, breaking, breaking up, burn, burst, burst in, bursting, bust, bust in, canyon, cave in, cavity, chafe, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, chip, claw, cleavage, cleave, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, come apart, come unstuck, concussion, coulee, couloir, crack, crackle, cranny, craze, crevasse, crevice, cut, cut apart, cwm, defile, dell, detachment, dike, disaffection, disfavor, disintegrate, disjoin, disrupt, disruption, dissect, dissolution, disunion, disunite, disunity, ditch, divergence, divide, dividedness, division, divorce, divorcement, donga, draw, estrangement, excavation, exfoliate, fall to pieces, falling-out, fault, fissure, flash burn, flaw, flume, force open, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, furrow, gall, gap, gape, gash, give away, give way, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, hurt, incise, incision, injure, injury, joint, kloof, lacerate, laceration, leak, lesion, maim, make mincemeat of, maul, moat, mortal wound, mutilate, mutilation, notch, nullah, open, open rupture, opening, part, parting, partition, pass, passage, pierce, prize open, puncture, ravine, recall of ambassadors, rend, rent, rift, rime, rip, rive, run, savage, scald, scale, schism, scissure, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, seam, second-degree burn, separate, separation, sever, severance, skin, slash, slice, slit, slot, snap, sore, splinter, split, split open, split up, split-up, splitting, sprain, spring a leak, stab, stab wound, start, stick, stove in, strain, sunder, tear, tear open, third-degree burn, trauma, traumatize, trench, valley, void, wadi, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench
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