ῥῆξις
εως, ἡ
A.
breaking, bursting, φλεβίου Hp. Aph. 4.78; sc. ὀστέου Id. VC 12; 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.
II.
rent, cleft, Plu. 2.935c (pl.); ῥήξεις ἐν τοῖς τείχεσιν Ph. Bel. 84.22.