Rupture

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Rupture may refer to:

General[edit]

• Rupture (engineering), a failure of tough ductile materials loaded in tension

Anatomy and medicine[edit]

• 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
• Breast implant#Implant rupture, a rupture of breast implants

Other uses[edit]

• Steam rupture, a rupture in a pressurized system of super critical water
• Rupture (social networking), a social networking site for computer gamers
• Earthquake rupture, an event that generates seismic energy as a result of slip on a fault
• "Rupture" (The Flash episode), an episode in season two of The Flash
• Rupture (1983 film), a Soviet drama film
• Rupture (2016 film), a science fiction film by Steven Shainberg
• Rupture (2017 film), a Canadian short drama film
• as a proper name
  • DJ /rupture, a New York-based DJ and producer
  • Rupture (band), an Australian hardcore punk band

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