Rupture

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Rupture is a term and may refer to break or burst suddenly (esp. of a pipe, a vessel, or a bodily part such as an organ or membrane).

Anatomy and medicine

• Abdominal hernia, formerly referred to as "a rupture"
• Achilles tendon rupture
• Rupture of membranes, a "water breaking" event of pregnancy
  • Premature rupture of membranes, when the amniotic sac ruptures more than an hour before the onset of labor
• Ruptured spleen
• Testicular rupture, a rip or tear in the connective tissue covering of the testes
• Earthquake Rupture an Earthquake term.

Other uses

• DJ /rupture, a New York-based DJ and producer
• Steam rupture, a rupture in a pressurized system of super critical water
• Rupture (band), an Australian hardcore punk band
• Rupture (engineering), a failure of tough ductile materials loaded in tension
• Rupture (social networking), a social networking site for computer gamers