"Can you, without rupturing a blood-vessel, come to life long enough to do half a minute's work?"

For more than three weeks, doctors made frequent house calls to make sure his blood pressure was low enough to prevent the aorta from rupturing.

The second form of rupturing the patellar tendon is a partial tear.

The layer of fiberglass also prevents shrapnel and bullets from rupturing the foam.

After rupturing a disc in her back in 2010 forced her to take a break from basketball, she returned to modelling.

The Redeye missile struck home, rupturing the fuel tanks and blowing the helicopter from the sky in a huge fireball.

Some termites and ants release a sticky secretion by fatally rupturing a specialized gland.

Penance then helps the Avengers Resistance escape Osborn's forces by rupturing a gas main.

Calvin Natt, who missed all of last season after rupturing a tendon in the season opener, will return to the Nuggets.

I knew that rupturing their fuel sources would set off a chain reaction to which the Romulan ships would be vulnerable since they were so close."

And by rupturing the interdependency his delicate, ephemeral pieces usually have with their outdoor settings, he has diminished their irresistible if cheesy magic.

Members of this order are characterized by asci that typically open by rupturing to form a terminal or eccentric lid or operculum.

In its native role, the submucosa of the small intestine provides mechanical strength to the intestine, preventing it from rupturing when a big meal is eaten.

'The Rupturing of the Social Contract With Respect to Gum Disposal."'

But, according to Le Parisien newspaper and TF1 TV, he said the implants, which surgeons have said have a higher risk of rupturing, posed no health threat to women.

Infection Bleeding from biopsy area (slight risk) Rupturing of the bladder wall (slight risk) Contact your doctor if you notice any of the following after the cystoscopy:

Christian Marinetti, president of a plastic surgery clinic in Marseille, repeatedly told AFSSAPS from February 2008 onwards about PIP implants rupturing.

It is the cause of 95 percent of lethal mushroom poisoning worldwide and is fatal more than 35 percent of the time; toxins in its cap destroy the victim's liver by rupturing the cells.

He was ruled out of competing in the 2011 Rugby World Cup due to rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in a Super Rugby match for the Brumbies in June 2011.

Female mammals - orally administered phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor ORG 9935 daily before and during ovulation, which blocks the resumption of meiosis resulting in ovulation of a non-fertilizable, immature oocyte without rupturing the follicle.

A four-time national champion for Great Britain (AAA Championships) in the men's high jump event, Smith retired after rupturing his Achilles tendon in 1999 (a year in which he was still jumping 2.36 outdoors).

Some experts say a jet engine would stand a good chance of bursting the containment vessel, and the sheer force of the crash might disable the cooling system - rupturing the pipes and cutting off electricity that pumps the water through the core.

When he reached the bubble, he pushed at it with his hands and it gave way to him, accepting first his arms, then his head and body, and finally his legs, swallowing him whole and closing behind him without rupturing.

An idea that caught scientists' fancy a decade ago was that a meteor would not cause volcanism at the impact site, but rather seismic waves from the impact would pass through the Earth and then focus on the spot opposite the impact - the antipode - rupturing the crust there.

He played his first match for Greater Western Sydney in Round 6, 2012, against his former team Carlton, kicking two goals before rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in the third quarter of the game; he is expected to miss the remainder of the season with the injury.

No workers were present at the time of the rupture, she said.

I put a guy in the hospital once with a rupture.

After a rupture, though, the situation can turn into a medical emergency.

The company said it had seen a rupture rate of about 1 percent a year.

Officials said the reason for the rupture had not yet been determined.

The risk of rupture appeared to be about 1 in 200.

The last know surface rupture was less than 5,000 years ago.

Usually the rupture is on the same side as an impact.

According to the federal agency, one study found that 69 percent of women had a rupture.

A decade ago, the risk of rupture was thought to be 0.5 percent or less.

Is the most recent break related to a rupture in the same water main last year?

He said the party needed to avoid any further ruptures.

These are the sources of the ruptures with the past we all face.

I knew precisely the look of rupture she would have on her face.

The cause of the rupture was still uncertain late today.

I'm going with an open surgery because that seems to be the best for not having another rupture.

By 1960 there was an open rupture between the two powers.

A subsequent and similar rupture happened again in late 1999.

Some parts of the area felt the rupture for up to 15 seconds.

A rupture was discovered after a turn on the golf course.

Still, it came near causing a serious rupture between my father and myself.

After a muscle rupture in May, his season was therefore over.

Moreover, there is evidence of a similar rupture in the Senate.

In most cases, patients will be unaware of the ruptures.

Various theories were put forward for the cause of the rupture.

You're going to rupture something if you go on like this.

However, there have been reports that they are more likely to rupture.

What if it ruptures when there are other people around?

A hole like that would have ruptured at least three.

It ruptures, on average, about every four to five years.

He'd have run till he ruptured every thing in him.

No one wants to be the first to rupture the bond, even in his own interest.

What should have taken the full twelve minutes to rupture took less than five.

They have ruptured in a minority, although exactly how many is not yet known.

The one that ruptured on Thursday was far from the first.

Most of these, however, are small and unlikely to rupture.

Your friend had a violent heart and it finally ruptured on him.

At least one of the power chambers was clearly ruptured!

In two years, a 48-inch pipe has ruptured only one other time, officials said.

"We're looking at changes that could easily rupture the health care budget."

But that consensus was ruptured on the night of June 12, 1994.

But the tank later turned out to be ruptured and empty.

He will experience his own body as broken, ruptured, or burned.

Later that year, he ruptured his arm and had to have surgery.

I'll give them a weather report tonight that'll rupture the station.

There was something badly wrong about the way the Skin had ruptured.

No matter how quick they got to you, your lungs would be ruptured.

The authorities said they did not know what caused the 36-inch main to rupture.

Any more and his stomach might rupture from all the acid.