abortti — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the fetus can survive on its own.
- abortive adj Born too early, before it was fully formed, and so seeming unnatural.
- termination noun The act of ending something, or the state of having ended.
Senses
abortti is used for these senses in English:
- abortion An induced abortion.
- abortion (medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.[from 16th c.]
- abortion (figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity. [from 16th c.]
- abortion (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. [from 18th c.]
- abortive (obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the mid 18th century.]
- termination (medical) An induced abortion.
abortion — full definition
- noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the fetus 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.
abortive — full definition
- adj Born too early, before it was fully formed, and so seeming unnatural.
- adj Unsuccessful; failing to achieve its purpose.
- adj Not fully grown or developed; underdeveloped.
- adj (medicine) Able to bring about a miscarriage.
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