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abortion [əˈbɔːʃən] n 1. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) an operation or other procedure to terminate pregnancy before the fetus is viable 2. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) the premature termination of pregnancy by spontaneous or induced expulsion of a nonviable fetus from the uterus 3. (Medicine) the products of abortion; an aborted fetus 4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the arrest of development of an organ 5. a failure to develop to completion or maturity the project proved an abortion 6. a person or thing that is deformed abortional adj
Abortion 1. destruction of a fetus. Also called feticide. 2. that which produces an abortion; an abortifacient Cf. aborticide, 2. the killing of a fetus; especially illegal abortion. Also called aborticide. — feticidal, foeticidal, adj.
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abortion noun 1. termination, miscarriage, feticide, aborticide, deliberate miscarriage They had been going out a year when she had an abortion. 2. failure, disappointment, fiasco, misadventure, monstrosity, vain effort the abortion of the original nuclear project Translations abortion [əˈbɔːʃən] abortion [əˈbɔːrʃən] modif [bill, law] → sur l'avortement; [counselling] → sur l'avortement abortion clinic, abortion pill abortion clinic n → clinique f d'avortement abortion n → Schwangerschaftsabbruch m, → Abtreibung f (pej); (= miscarriage) → Fehlgeburt f, → Abort m (form); (fig: of plan, project etc) → Fehlschlag m, → Reinfall m (inf); (pej, = person) → Missgeburt f (pej); to get or have an abortion → abtreiben lassen, eine Abtreibung vornehmen lassen abortion [əˈbɔːʃ/ən] n (Med) → aborto to have an abortion (termination) → abortire (miscarriage) → avere un aborto (spontaneo) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Thus, in the regions of China where the BOM is taught, the induced abortion rate has dropped sevenfold, to 0. DFLA rightly notes that "preventing pregnancy is an important part of reducing the abortion rate in America" and that "there are several ways to address prevention," but it goes on to claim erroneously that "there is no clear consensus" about how best to pursue prevention "because of ethical, religious or personal reasons. Between 1998 and 2002 the teenage abortion rate dropped 50 percent. |
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