abortion
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From Latin abortio, from aboriri; see also abort.
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abortion (plural abortions)
- (medicine or dated) The cessation of pregnancy or fetal development; a miscarriage.
- An induced abortion.
- The act of inducing abortion.
- (dated) The immature product of an untimely birth.
- (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
- Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which is interrupted in its progress before it is matured or perfect.
- The act of aborting a project, a mission, etc, before it is completed.
- (art) Something ugly, an artistic atrocity.
- 1846, Charles Dickens, Pictures from Italy, Chapter 10.
- Insomuch that I do honestly believe, there can be no place in the world, where such intolerable abortions, begotten of the sculptor’s chisel, are to be found in such profusion, as in Rome.
- 1846, Charles Dickens, Pictures from Italy, Chapter 10.
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miscarriage
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induced abortion
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act of inducing abortion
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immature product of an untimely birth
biology: arrest of development of an organ
fruit/produce that doesn’t come to maturity
the act of aborting a project, etc
something ugly
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