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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 1.6 [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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