A.breaking, bursting, “φλεβίου” Hp.Aph.4.78; sc. “ὀστέου” Id.VC12; “πλευμόνων” Phld.Ir.p.28 W. (pl.); ἐμπύρους τ᾽ ἀκμὰς ῥήξεις τε, i.e. both the pointed flames and the broken (the former a good omen, the latter bad), E.Ph.1256; “κατὰ ῥῆξιν νέφους” Arist.Mu.394b17, cf. Stoic.1.34; ἀέρος ῥ., as the effect of a mighty shout, Plu.Flam.10.
2. breaking forth, “τῶν καταμηνίων” Hp.Aph.3.28 (pl.); “αἵματος ῥ. διὰ ῥινῶν” Id.Prog.7; discharge, Id.Aph.5.15, Epid.6.6.12.