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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•bor•tion /əˈbɔrʃən/USA pronunciation n. - Surgery[uncountable] the ending of a pregnancy before term.
- Surgery[countable] a procedure for ending a pregnancy before term.
a•bor•tion•ist, n. [countable]See -ori-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•bor•tion (ə bôr′shən),USA pronunciation n. - MedicineAlso called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
- Medicineany of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy, esp. during the first six months.
- Medicine, PathologyAlso called spontaneous abortion. miscarriage (def. 3).
- Pathologyan immature and nonviable fetus.
- Medicine, Pathologyabortus (def. 2b).
- Pathologyany malformed or monstrous person, thing, etc.
- Developmental Biology[Biol.]the arrested development of an embryo or an organ at a more or less early stage.
- Medicinethe stopping of an illness, infection, etc., at a very early stage.
- Informal Terms
- shambles;
mess. - anything that fails to develop, progress, or mature, as a design or project.
- Latin abortiōn- (stem of abortiō). See abort, -ion
- 1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: abortion /əˈbɔːʃən/ n - an operation or other procedure to terminate pregnancy before the fetus is viable
- the premature termination of pregnancy by spontaneous or induced expulsion of a nonviable fetus from the uterus
- the products of abortion; an aborted fetus
- a failure to develop to completion or maturity
- a person or thing that is deformed
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