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   Hernia (?), n.; pl. E. Hernias (#), L. Herniae (#). [L.] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, “hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels”. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.
   
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   Strangulated hernia, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter.
   
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   Rupture (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See Reave, and cf. Rout a defeat.]
   1. 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”.  Arbuthnot.
   
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   Hatch from the egg, that soon,
   
   Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
   
   Their callow young. Milton.
   
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   2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, “the parties came to a rupture”.
   
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   He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. E. Everett.
   
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   3. (Med.) Hernia. See Hernia.
   
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   4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
   
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   Modulus of rupture. (Engin.) See under Modulus.
   
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   Syn. -- Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See Fracture.
   
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   Rupture, 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”.
   
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   2. To produce a hernia in.
   
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   Rupture, v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption.
   
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