Usually means: Rupture or tearing of tissue.
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  1. rhexis: Collins English Dictionary
  2. rhexis: Wordnik
  3. rhexis: Wiktionary
  4. rhexis: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. rhexis: Dictionary.com
  6. rhexis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  7. rhexis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. -rhexis: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. rhexis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. -rhexis, rhexis: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rhexis)

▸ noun:  (medicine, especially ophthalmology) The rupture of an organ.

Similar:
hepatorrhexis, angiorrhexis, amniorrhexis, myorrhexis, dehiscence, tubulorrhexis, iritis, elastorrhexis, acanthorrhexis, exophthalmy, more...

Opposite:
synesis, anesis, catarsis

Adjectives:
small, incomplete, anterior, larger, posterior

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Similar:
hepatorrhexis, angiorrhexis, amniorrhexis, myorrhexis, dehiscence, tubulorrhexis, iritis, elastorrhexis, acanthorrhexis, exophthalmy, more...

Opposite:
synesis, anesis, catarsis

Adjectives:
small, incomplete, anterior, larger, posterior



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