RHEXIS


Meaning of RHEXIS in English

/rek"sis/ , n. , pl. rhexes /rek"seez/ . Pathol.

rupture, as of a blood vessel, organ, or cell.

[ 1375-1425; rhêxis a breaking, cleft, deriv. of rhegnýnai to break, break loose; r. late ME rixis (attested once) ]

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