surkastuminen — meaning in English

English meaning

• abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
• atrophy noun The wasting away or weakening of a body part, usually a muscle or organ, from disease, injury, or lack of use.

Senses

surkastuminen is used for these senses in English:

• abortion (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. [from 18th c.]
• atrophy (pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. [from early 17th c.]
• dystrophy A wasting of body tissues, of either genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition.

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.

atrophy — full definition

1. noun The wasting away or weakening of a body part, usually a muscle or organ, from disease, injury, or lack of use.
2. verb To waste away or grow weaker from lack of use.

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