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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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| He stressed the oft-repeated and erroneous antichoice claim that "so much 'contraception' is, in fact, early abortion under a different name," she said. Oral contraceptive use and early abortion as risk factors for breast cancer in young women. Expanding the number of providers offering early abortion care is particularly important in rural and underserved areas in the United States, where the number of abortion providers has been declining dramatically. |
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