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  • noun Plural form of abrupt.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrupt.

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  • When a placenta “abrupts,” all or part of the oxygen and nutrition supply to the baby is cut off.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • When a placenta “abrupts,” all or part of the oxygen and nutrition supply to the baby is cut off.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • Buzzing Thy praises, which shall never die, Till Death abrupts them, and succeeding Glory Bid me go on in a more lasting story.

    Religio Medici 1605-1682 1923

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