keskonen — 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

keskonen is used for these senses in English:

• abort (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
• abort (now, rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
• 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.]
• preemie (informal) A baby that has been born prematurely.

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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