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abortus

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a`bort´us    (å`bôrt´ŭs)
n.1.a fetus which has been aborted; same as abortion{2}.
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Noun1.abortusabortus - a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body
fetus, foetus - an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal


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LeVier and her colleagues found that Brucella abortus with defective bacA enters mouse cells but can't create a chronic infection.
Good guys and bad guys share tactics by S.M. / Science News
Jan de Bruijn, Geschiedenis van de abortus in Nederland (Amsterdam, 1979) 111.
Surviving the loss of the parent in a nineteenth-century Dutch ... by Liefbroer, Aart C. / Journal of Social History
tularensis MAT reactive results for possible cross-reactivity to this agent by using Brucella abortus slide antigen (Difco, Detroit, MI, USA) and the MAT.
Raccoons and skunks as sentinels for enzootic tularemia by Telford, Sam R., III / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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