abruptio placentae
English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin ("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][First attested in the mid 20th century.][2]
Synonyms
- ablatio placentae
References
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6
- “abruptio placentae” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.