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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 cease development, die, and be aborted
- abort terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
- brucellosis an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
- therapeutic abortion a legally induced abortion for medical reasons (as when the mother's life is threatened)
- listeria monocytogenes the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis
- abortion-inducing drug a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
- aborticide a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
- pro-life faction those who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibited
- ru 486 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
- ergotrate maleate an alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot; induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion