Diseases

Rupture

Forcible or traumatic tear or break of an organ or other soft part of the body.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Forcible or traumatic tear or break of an organ or other soft part of the body.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Ruptures

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

traumatic only: differentiate from RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; coordinate with organ /inj or precoordinated injury term

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History Note

68(66)

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Tree Number

  1. C26w.761

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rupture. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012421. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012421
  2. Rupture. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1624736