The breaking or rupturing of the heart; a condition involving the crushing, fracture, or destruction of cardiac tissue.
From cardio- (Greek kardia, 'heart') + -clasis (from Greek klasis, 'breaking'). Similar to cardioclasia, this is a medical term describing cardiac fracture or rupture from the 19th century.
While cardioclasia and cardioclasis describe similar cardiac rupture conditions, cardioclasis emphasizes the process of breaking itself—medical terminology often has subtle variations like this to describe slightly different aspects of the same pathology.
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