流产 — meaning in English

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.

Senses

流产 is used for these senses in English:

• abort (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
• abortion An induced abortion.
• miscarry To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus. [from 16th c.]

abort — full definition

1. verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
2. verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.

abortion — full definition

1. noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
2. noun A pregnancy that ends naturally and too early to produce a surviving baby; a miscarriage.
3. noun The failure or collapse of a plan, project, or process partway through.

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