Definitions for abortionəˈbɔr ʃən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a•bor•tionəˈbɔr ʃən(n.)
the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
Category: Medicine
any of various procedures for terminating a pregnancy.
Category: Surgery
Category: Medicine, Pathology
Ref: Also called spontaneous abortion.; miscarriage (def. 1). 1
an immature and nonviable fetus.
Category: Pathology
a malformed or monstrous person or thing.
Category: Pathology
the arrested development of an embryo or an organ at a more or less early stage.
Category: Developmental Biology
the stopping of an illness, infection, etc., at a very early stage.
Category: Medicine
anything that fails to develop, progress, or mature.
Category: Informal
Origin of abortion:
1540–50; < L
Princeton's WordNet
abortion(noun)
termination of pregnancy
miscarriage, abortion(noun)
failure of a plan
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
abortion(noun)əˈbɔr ʃən
the ending of a pregnancy; = termination
to have an abortion; the campaign against abortion
Wiktionary
abortion(Noun)
The cessation of pregnancy or fetal development:
abortion(Noun)
The immature product of an untimely birth.
abortion(Noun)
Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
abortion(Noun)
Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which is interrupted in its progress before it is matured or perfect.
abortion(Noun)
The act of aborting a project, a mission, etc, before it is completed.
abortion(Noun)
Something ugly, an artistic atrocity;.
abortion(Noun)
A monstrosity; a misshapen person.
Origin: First attested in 1547, from abortio, from aborior. See abort for more.
Webster Dictionary
Abortion(noun)
the act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage
Abortion(noun)
the immature product of an untimely birth
Abortion(noun)
arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed
Abortion(noun)
any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion
Translations for abortion
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
abortion(noun)
to stop or abandon (a space mission, eg the firing of a rocket) before it is completed.
- aborsieAfrikaans
- إجْهَاضArabic
- абортBulgarian
- abortoPortuguese (BR)
- potratCzech
- AbtreibungGerman
- abortDanish
- έκτρωσηGreek
- abortoSpanish
- abortEstonian
- سقط جنینFarsi
- aborttiFinnish
- avortementFrench
- הַפַּלָהHebrew
- गर्भपातHindi
- pobačajCroatian
- (el)vetélés, abortuszHungarian
- pengguguranIndonesian
- fóstureyðingIcelandic
- abortoItalian
- 流産Japanese
- 낙태, 유산Korean
- abortasLithuanian
- aborts; neveiksmeLatvian
- pengguguranMalay
- abortusDutch
- abort, fosterfordrivelseNorwegian
- sztuczne poronieniePolish
- سقط جنینPersian
- ماشوم د مور په نس كى مخكى له زيږيدنى څخه له منځه وړلPashto
- abortoPortuguese
- avortRomanian
- аборт; выкидышRussian
- potratSlovak
- splavSlovenian
- prekidSerbian
- missfall, abort, misslyckandeSwedish
- การทำแท้ง; การยกเลิกThai
- kürtaj, çocuk aldırmaTurkish
- 墮胎Chinese (Trad.)
- викидень; абортUkrainian
- اسقاطUrdu
- sự sẩy thaiVietnamese
- 流产，堕胎Chinese (Simp.)
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