Word.ws English Dictionary

ruptured membrane

ruptured membrane noun: during pregnancy, a premature rupture in which amniotic fluid is discharged from the uterus and vagina putting encumbent infant at risk for infection.

Noun

ruptured membrane (plural ruptured membranes)

  1. During pregnancy, a premature rupture in which amniotic fluid is discharged from the uterus and vagina putting encumbent infant at risk for infection.

Forms of ruptured membrane

pluralruptured membranes

Questions about ruptured membrane

What does ruptured membrane mean?
Ruptured membrane means during pregnancy, a premature rupture in which amniotic fluid is discharged from the uterus and vagina putting encumbent infant at risk for infection.
What part of speech is ruptured membrane?
Ruptured membrane is a noun.
What is the plural of ruptured membrane?
The plural of ruptured membrane is ruptured membranes.

Words near ruptured membrane in the dictionary

  1. rupture
  2. rupture of membranes
  3. ruptured
  4. ruptured duck
  5. ruptured ducks
  6. ruptured membrane
  7. ruptured membranes
  8. ruptureless
  9. ruptures
  10. ruptures of membranes
  11. rupturewort

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ruptured membrane (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ruptured membrane.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ruptured_membrane. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.