-rrhexis

-rrhexis

word element [Gr.], breaking; rupturing; splitting.

-orrhexis, -rrhexis

suffix meaning "to rupture": angiorrhexis, enterorrhexis.

-orrhexis

, -rrhexis

Combining forms meaning rupture.

[G. rhēxis, breaking, bursting]

-rrhexis

word element. [Gr.] rupture of a vessel or organ.