avortament — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
- miscarriage noun The loss of a pregnancy before the baby can survive outside the womb.
Senses
avortament is used for these senses in English:
- abortion An induced abortion.
- miscarriage (medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]
abort — full definition
- verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.
abortion — full definition
- noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
- noun A pregnancy that ends naturally and too early to produce a surviving baby; a miscarriage.
- noun The failure or collapse of a plan, project, or process partway through.