abruptio placentae

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   a disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus

   Broaderdisorder

Questions about abruptio placentae

What does abruptio placentae mean?

abruptio placentae means "a disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus".

Is abruptio placentae a common word?

abruptio placentae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.