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"an aborting fetus"verbcease development, die, and be aborted
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verbterminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
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"abort the mission" "abort the process running on my computer"verbterminate before completion
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"I wasted a year of my life working on an abort" "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"nounthe act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completedtype of:
Definition that contains abort
- abort terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
- abort cease development, die, and be aborted
- brucellosis an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
- childbed fever serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
- dilatation and curettage a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion
- abortifacient causing abortion
- puerperal fever serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
- suction curettage a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix
- l. monocytogenes the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis
- abortion pill an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo