burstenness

== English == === Etymology === From bursten +‎ -ness. Compare also burstness. === Noun === burstenness (uncountable) (obsolete) A broken or bruised condition; brokenness; in the extract, a mass of bruises. (obsolete, medicine) A rupture; a hernia. 1814?, Nicholas Culpeper, Parkins, The English Physician: The leaf bruised and laid to any green wound in the hands or legs, doth heal them quickly; and being bound to the throat, much helpeth the quinsy; it helpeth also ruptures and burstenness. ==== Related terms ==== bursten burstness