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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
- habitual abortion repeated spontaneous abortion (often for no known reason)
- pro-life advocating full legal protection of embryos and fetuses (especially opposing the legalization of induced abortions)
- slough off separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion
- pro-choice advocating a woman's right to control her own body (especially her right to an induced abortion)
- 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
- childbed fever serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
- abortifacient causing abortion
- vibrio fetus bacteria that cause abortion in sheep