therapeutic abortion

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /θɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/

Noun[edit]

therapeutic abortion (countable and uncountable, plural therapeutic abortions)

  1. (medicine) An abortion indicated by need for the health of the mother or due to the inviable nature of the fetus.

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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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