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nounfailure of a plan
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nountermination of pregnancytype of:
Definition that contains abortion
- abort terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
- brucellosis an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
- contagious abortion an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
- dilation 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
- 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
- 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