threatened abortion

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/

Noun[edit]

threatened abortion (plural threatened abortions)

  1. (medicine) A condition approximating an imminent abortion, where there is bleeding but the fetus remains attached to the uterine wall.

References[edit]

  • Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 7
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