A rupture or tear of the vaginal wall or tissue.
From Greek 'kolpos' (vagina) + 'rhexis' (rupture/breaking). The suffix '-rhexis' specifically denotes a sudden breaking or bursting apart in medical terminology.
The suffix '-rhexis' is medical language for things breaking: a ruptured appendix (appendicorrrhexis), a burst aneurysm, bleeding brain—it captures that moment when tissue integrity fails catastrophically.
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