ABRUPTION

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

n. | Lat., abruptio (from ab [see Ab-*] and rumpere, to break). Gr., amdppngis. Fr., abruption. Ger., Abbrechung. It., rottura. Sp., abrupciôn. 1. A tearing apart; a rupture. 2. (Obs.) a transverse fracture of a bone. [E.]; Resem-