Taber's Medical Dictionary
-rrhexis, -rhexis
[Gr. rhēxis, a breaking, bursting fr. rhēgnynai, to break, burst forth]
Suffixes meaning rupture.
SEE: -rrhagia
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "-rrhexis, -rhexis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770644/all/_rhexis.
-rrhexis, -rhexis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770644/all/_rhexis. Accessed April 21, 2026.
-rrhexis, -rhexis. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770644/all/_rhexis
-rrhexis, -rhexis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 21]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770644/all/_rhexis.
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