Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by emotional stress, such as the death of a loved one

past participle of break the ice

(historical) One who buys shreds and remnants of cloth in order to resell them.

(mathematics, obsolete) A fraction.

plural of broken number

past participle of break the bank

A disputed earth mineral, a manganese silicate of the pyrosmalite group.

past participle of break bad

An irregular plural formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels inside the singular form, found in the Semitic languages and other Afroasiatic languages such as Berber. An example in Arabic is مَكَاتِب (makātib, “desks”), the plural form of مَكْتَب (maktab, “desk”).

abscess of the mammary gland