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Therapeutic abortion(health)
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spontaneous abortion(medicine)
septic abortion(medicine)
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abortion (iou)



abortion noun. M16.
[Latin abortio(n-), formed as ABORT verb: see -ION.]
The act of giving premature birth with loss of the foetus, esp. (& Medicine) in the period before a live birth is possible; (the procuring of) induced termination of pregnancy to destroy a foetus. M16.
contagious abortion: see CONTAGIOUS 3. missed abortion: see MISS verb1.
b. fig. Failure (of an aim, promise, etc.). E18.
The imperfect offspring or product of a miscarriage; a person or thing dwarfed or misshapen. L16.
Biology. Arrestment of development of any organ, esp. of a seed or fruit. M18.
abortional adjective (rare) of abortion, abortive M19.
abortionist noun a person who procures or induces abortion; a person who favours permitting abortion: L19.