- abruption
- noun Date: 1606 a sudden breaking off or away
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abruption
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abruption — ⇒ABRUPTION, subst. fém. A. MÉD. Fracture transversale d un os avec déchirure inégale et déplacement des fragments. B. RHÉT. Procédé visant à animer le style (notamment dans le discours dir.) en supprimant les transitions d usage. Stylistique… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Abruption — Ab*rup tion, n. [L. abruptio, fr. abrumpere: cf. F. abruption.] A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. Woodward. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abruption — index impasse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
abruption — [ab rup′shən, əbrup′shən] n. [L abruptio: see ABRUPT] a sudden breaking away (of parts of a mass or, esp., of the placenta from the uterus) … English World dictionary
abruption — noun A sudden breaking off; a sudden termination; a violent separation of bodies. By this abruption posterity lost more instruction than delight. Johnson, Life of Cowley. See Also: abrupt, abruptly, abruptness, placental abruption … Wiktionary
Abruption — A sudden breaking off or away. Abruption of the placenta (abruptio placentae) is the premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus, a potentially very serious situation for the mother and baby. * * * A tearing away, separation … Medical dictionary
abruption — /euh brup sheuhn/, n. a sudden breaking off. [1600 10; < L abruption (s. of abruptio). See ABRUPT, ION] * * * … Universalium
abruption — (entrée créée par le supplément) (a bru psion) s. f. Terme de chirurgie. Fracture transversale d un os avec des fragments rugueux. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. abruptionem, de ab, et ruptum, supin de rumpere (voy. rompre) … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Abruption — Ab|rup|ti|on die; , en <zu 1↑...ion> [plötzliches] Abbrechen, Verstummen [von Musik od. einer Rede] … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
abruption — É™ brÊŒpʃn n. occurrence of abruptly breaking away or off … English contemporary dictionary
