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See: alienation, argument, break, controversy, disagreement, disassociation, disrupt, embroilment, estrangement, feud, force, rend, rift, schism, separate, separation, sever, split, variance How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| However, ground motions generated by the rupturing fault were so large that measurements made by the local instruments were literally off the chart--and therefore useless. It has long been known that pharmacological agents that stimulate uterine contractions may overstimulate the uterus in labor, to the point of shearing off the placenta, rupturing the uterus, or causing the uterus to contract so hard and long that the baby is deprived of essential oxygen. This is to make sure that the technologists use these special displacement techniques and take extra care when compressing the breasts to avoid rupturing the implant. |
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