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1. (n.) abortion
the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
2. abortion
any of various procedures for terminating a pregnancy.
3. abortion
an immature and nonviable fetus.
4. abortion
a malformed or monstrous person or thing.
5. abortion
the arrested development of an embryo or an organ at a more or less early stage.
6. abortion
the stopping of an illness, infection, etc., at a very early stage.
7. abortion
anything that fails to develop, progress, or mature.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L)
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| Definition of 'abortion' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) abortion
termination of pregnancy
2. (noun) miscarriage, abortion
failure of a plan
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1. (noun) abortion
the ending of a pregnancy; = termination
to have an abortion; the campaign against abortion
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) abortion
the act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage
2. (noun) abortion
the immature product of an untimely birth
3. (noun) abortion
arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed
4. (noun) abortion
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
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Sense: to stop or abandon (a space mission, eg the firing of a rocket) before it is completed.
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 Afrikaans: aborsie |
 Arabic: إجْهَاض |
 Bulgarian: аборт |
 Brazilian: aborto |
 Czech: potrat |
 German: Abtreibung |
 Danish: abort |
 Greek: έκτρωση |
 Spanish: aborto |
 Estonian: abort |
 Farsi: سقط جنین |
 Finnish: abortti |
 French: avortement |
 Hebrew: הַפַּלָה |
 Hindi: गर्भपात |
 Croatian: pobačaj |
 Hungarian: (el)vetélés, abortusz |
 Indonesian: pengguguran |
 Icelandic: fóstureyðing |
 Italian: aborto |
 Japanese: 流産 |
 Korean: 낙태, 유산 |
 Lithuanian: abortas |
 Latvian: aborts; neveiksme |
 Malay: pengguguran |
 Dutch: abortus |
 Norwegian: abort, fosterfordrivelse |
 Polish: sztuczne poronienie |
 Persian: سقط جنین |
 Pashto: ماشوم د مور په نس كى مخكى |
 Portuguese: aborto |
 Romanian: avort |
 Russian: аборт; выкидыш |
 Slovak: potrat |
 Slovenian: splav |
 Serbian: prekid |
 Swedish: missfall, abort, misslyck |
 Thai: การทำแท้ง; การยกเลิก |
 Turkish: kürtaj, çocuk aldırma |
 Taiwanese: 墮胎 |
 Ukrainian: викидень; аборт |
 Urdu: اسقاط |
 Vietnamese: sự sẩy thai |
 Chinese: 流产，堕胎 |
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