- Look up
rupture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Rupture may
refer to:
Rupture (engineering), a
failure of
tough ductile materials loaded in tension...
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Aortic rupture is the
breakage of all
walls of the aorta, the
largest artery in the body.
Aortic rupture is a rare,
extremely dangerous condition that...
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Testicular rupture is a rip or tear in the
tunica albuginea resulting in
extrusion of the
testicular contents,
including the
seminiferous tubules. It...
- Miyake, Hiroe; Day,
Steven M.; Irikura, Kojiro. "Surface
Rupturing and
Buried Dynamic-
Rupture Models Calibrated with
Statistical Observations of Past Earthquakes"...
- A
rupture disc, also
known as a
pressure safety disc,
burst disc,
bursting disc, or
burst diaphragm, is a non-reclosing
pressure relief safety device...
- The risk of
rupture varies with the size and
location of the aneurysm, with
those in the
posterior circulation being more
prone to
rupture.
Cerebral aneurysms...
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Gastrointestinal perforation, also
known as
gastrointestinal rupture, is a hole in the wall of the
gastrointestinal tract. The
gastrointestinal tract...
- death. If this
process is left untreated, it can lead to the
appendix rupturing,
which releases bacteria into the
abdominal cavity,
potentially leading...
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Esophageal rupture, also
known as
Boerhaave syndrome, is a
rupture of the
esophageal wall.
Iatrogenic causes account for
approximately 56% of esophageal...
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breaker typically responds in the
range of 0.02 to 0.05 seconds. High
rupturing capacity fuses can be
rated to
safely interrupt up to 300,000 amperes...
