rhexis

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ῥῆξις (rhêxis, “breaking”), compare -rrhexis. === Noun === rhexis (countable and uncountable, plural rhexes) (medicine, especially ophthalmology) The rupture of an organ. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== rhexistasy == Latin == === Alternative forms === rīxis, rȳxis === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ῥῆξις (rhêxis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrʰeːk.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɛk.sis] === Noun === rhēxis f (genitive rhēxis); third declension (Medieval Latin, medicine) incision or section, especially for bloodletting ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: rixis English: rhexis === References === "RYXIS", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)