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IVG — 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.

Senses

IVG 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.]

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.

Related French words