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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.
  1. A break in friendly relations.
  2. 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., -tured, -tur·ing, -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.]

rupturable rup'tur·a·ble adj.



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