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Rupture

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...


Ruptured

Having a rupture or hernia...


claim

claim [Old French, from clamer to call, claim, from Latin clamare to shout, proclaim] 1 a : a demand for something (as money) due or believed to be due ;specif : a demand for a benefit (as under the workers' compensation law) or contractual payment (as under an insurance policy) b : a paper embodying such a demand [filing a with the court] 2 : a title to something (as a debt or privilege) in the possession of another [assigned her to the proceeds] 3 a : a right to seek a judicial remedy arising from a wrong or injury suffered [a plaintiff who has been injured in an accident has…one for a broken arm, another for a ruptured spleen, and so forth "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] ;also : the formal assertion of such a right [bringing a in the district court] b : cause of action [a plaintiff stated a against a seller of applesauce when she alleged that her children…ate the applesauce…and were then so discomforted that they had to have their stomachs pumped "J. J. Whit...


Broken bellied

Having a ruptured belly...


Burstwort

A plant Herniaria glabra supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture...


Contrecoup

A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected...


Diapedesis

The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels...


Disruption

The act or rending asunder or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces breach rent dilaceration rupture as the disruption of rocks in an earthquake disruption of a state...


Extravasation

The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts as a fluid effusion as an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels...


Filanders

A disease in hawks characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms also of filaments of coagulated blood from the rupture of a vein called also backworm...


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