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English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin abruptiō placentae (literally “a breaking off of the placenta”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹʌp.ʃiˌoʊ pləˈsɛnˌti/, /ɑˈbɹʊp.tiˌoʊ plɑˈkɛnˌti/
Noun
abruptio placentae (plural abruptio placentarum or abruptiones placentarum)
- (gynaecology) A premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall.[1][2]
- Synonyms: ablatio placentae, placental abruption
References
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 6
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abruptio placentae”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.