[rup.ture] n [ME ruptur, fr. MF or L; MF rupture, fr. L ruptura fracture, fr. ruptus, pp. of rumpere to break--more at reave] (15c) 1: breach of peace or concord; specif: open hostility or war between nations
2. a: the tearing apart of a tissue "~ of the heart muscle" "~ of an intervertebral disk" b: hernia
3: a breaking apart or the state of being broken apart
[2]rupture vb rup.tured ; rup.tur.ing vt (1739) 1 a: to part by violence: break, burst b: to create or induce a breach of
2: to produce a rupture in ~ vi: to have or undergo a rupture