ruptured


rup·ture

R0351200 (rŭp′chər)n.1. An instance of breaking open or bursting: a rupture in the fuel line.2. A break in friendly relations.3. Medicine a. A hernia, especially of the groin or intestines.b. A tear in an organ or tissue: rupture of an appendix; ligament rupture.v. rup·tured, rup·tur·ing, rup·tures v.tr. To cause to undergo or suffer a rupture: The accident ruptured his spleen.v.intr. To undergo or suffer a rupture: The blister ruptured. Their friendship ruptured.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ruptūra, from ruptus, past participle of rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]
rup′tur·a·ble adj.
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