🇬🇧 en it 🇮🇹

abortive noun

  /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ , /əˈbɔː.tɪv/
abortito, abortivo

abort verb

  /əˈbɔɹt/ , /əˈbɔːt/
  • (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.]
 abortire, fallire
  • (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
 abortire, interrompere
  • (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
 interrompere, fermare

abortion noun

  /əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/
  • An induced abortion.
  • (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.]
 aborto
  • (medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.[from 16th c.]
 aborto, abortivo

abortive adjective

  /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ , /əˈbɔː.tɪv/
  • (medicine, pharmaceutical effect, rare) Causing abortion; abortifacient.
 abortivo

aborted adjective

  /əˈbɔɹtɪd/
terminato

abortional adjective

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