What's the difference between bursten and rupture?

Bursten


Definition:

  • () of Breste
  • () p. p. of Burst, v. i.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Changes in criminal statutes (Korcok 1986) and in commitment procedures for potentially dangerous patients (Bursten 1986; Herrington 1986) make it likely that even larger numbers of court-stipulated patients will enter treatment in the future.

Rupture


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.
  • (n.) Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
  • (n.) Hernia. See Hernia.
  • (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
  • (v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
  • (v. t.) To produce a hernia in.
  • (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
  • (2) In all, 207 cases of liver cancer were seen during this period, giving an incidence of rupture of 14.5%.
  • (3) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
  • (4) Electromechanic dissociation, sinus bradycardia, nodal rhythm followed by idioventricular rhythm and asystole, were observed following myocardial rupture.
  • (5) After examining the cases reported in literature (Sacks, Barabas, Beighton Sykes), they point out that, contrary to what is generally believed, the syndrome is not rare and cases, sporadic or familial, of recurrent episodes of spontaneous rupture of the intestine and large vessels or peripheral arteries are frequent.
  • (6) There is no evidence that tumors complicated by rupture and hemoperitoneum require chemotherapy.
  • (7) Eight adolescents were followed 3-8 years after primary suture of a substance rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament.
  • (8) Left ventricular rupture is a serious complication of mitral valve replacement.
  • (9) 1) The incidence of premature rupture of the membranes (PROM), threatened premature delivery, toxemia and abruption placentae were 40.6, 36.4, 7.8 and 3.0%, respectively.
  • (10) The maximal score was noted 24 hours before follicular rupture in 47.5%.
  • (11) Patients with SAH of a ruptured ACoA aneurysm did not differ significantly from the control group in any of the tests used.
  • (12) As a consequence of deformation from spherical-to-cylindrical shape in the microvasculature, demands for increased surface membrane area leads to increases in surface membrane tension above critical levels for rupture, and the cancer cells are rapidly and lethally damaged.
  • (13) Five operative deaths (24%) occurred, including two of three patients with rupture (67%) and two of seven patients (28%) in the suprarenal group.
  • (14) We speculate that the preferential rupture of the H2B-H4 contact is of physiological significance.
  • (15) If deaths from ruptured uterus are to be avoided, early diagnosis is essential.
  • (16) Heart rupture was found in 25 (4.4%) of 560 patients with myocardial infarction admitted to the Coronary Care Unit of the Department of Cardiology, Padua Medical School.
  • (17) A case is reported of a 42-year-old woman who experienced uterine rupture in the course of a prostaglandin-induced abortion.
  • (18) These findings are in agreement with the concept that irregular lesions represent ruptured atherosclerotic plaques and demonstrate that they usually originate from mildly occlusive smooth plaques.
  • (19) With 25--50 atm higher gas pressures, the decompression usually produced killing and cell rupture, although differences in tolerances existed among the various organisms.
  • (20) The results indicate that reduced platelet function does relate to SAH and may either contribute to aneurysmal rupture in cases of SAH or be a consequence of it.

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