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raskaudenkeskeytys — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
  • termination noun The act of ending something, or the state of having ended.

Senses

raskaudenkeskeytys 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 (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. [from 18th c.]
  • termination (medical) An induced abortion.

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.

termination — full definition

  1. noun The act of ending something, or the state of having ended.
  2. noun The ending of someone's employment.
  3. noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy.

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