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abortion noun

  /əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/
  • An induced abortion.
  • (medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.[from 16th c.]
  • (figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity. [from 16th c.]
  • (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. [from 18th c.]
 abort

abort verb

  /əˈbɔɹt/ , /əˈbɔːt/
  • (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
  • (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
  • (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
 strande
  • (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
 rudimentær

abortive adjective

  /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ , /əˈbɔː.tɪv/
  • (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural. [c. 1400–mid 1700s]
  • (medicine, pharmaceutical effect, rare) Causing abortion; abortifacient.
 abortiv

abortional adjective

  /əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩.l̩/
  • (rare) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
 abortiv

abort noun

  /əˈbɔɹt/ , /əˈbɔːt/
  • (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
  • (now, rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  • (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.]
 abort

abortive noun

  /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ , /əˈbɔː.tɪv/
  • (obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the mid 18th century.]
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abortion pill
abortpille
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