堕胎 — meaning in English

English meaning

• abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
• feticide noun The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion.

Senses

堕胎 is used for these senses in English:

• abortion An induced abortion.
• feticide (dysphemistic) The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion. [from 19th century]

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.

feticide — full definition

1. noun The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion.
2. noun One who kills a fetus.

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