Medical Dictionary

2rupture

verb
rup·turedrup·tur·ing \-chə-riŋ, -shriŋ\

Medical Definition of RUPTURE

transitive verb
:  to produce a rupture in <rupture an eardrum>
intransitive verb
:  to have or undergo a rupture

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