Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0076 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-rrhexis: Rupture
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The idea
The suffix rrhexis names rupture of the structure its root identifies.
In practice
Angiorrhexis is rupture of a blood vessel.
Where people slip
Rrhexis is the structure breaking, not something flowing out of it.
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