rhexis

rhexis (countable and uncountable, plural rhexes)

1. (medicine, especially ophthalmology) The rupture of an organ.
   • 2006, Mastering the Techniques of Presbyopia Surgery‎^[1]:

     Many times if the rhexis is incomplete, one might have to convert to an extracapsular cataract extraction to prevent a posterior capsular rupture or nucleus drop.

• capsulorhexis / capsulorrhexis
• karyorrhexis
• keratorhexis
• rhexistasy

• rīxis, rȳxis

From the Ancient Greek ῥῆξις (rhêxis).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrʰeːk.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛk.sis]

rhēxis f (genitive rhēxis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin, medicine) incision or section, especially for bloodletting

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• Middle English: rixis
  • English: rhexis

• "RYXIS", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)