abortus — meaning in English
Latin → English · translate English → Latin instead
English meaning
- abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
- late adj Arriving or happening after the expected or usual time.
- miscarriage noun The loss of a pregnancy before the baby can survive outside the womb.
Senses
abortus is used for these senses in English:
- abortion An induced abortion.
- late (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
- miscarriage (medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]
abortion — full definition
- noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
- noun A pregnancy that ends naturally and too early to produce a surviving baby; a miscarriage.
- noun The failure or collapse of a plan, project, or process partway through.
late — full definition
- adj Arriving or happening after the expected or usual time.
- adj Near the end of a period of time.
- adj Used before a name to refer respectfully to someone who has died.
- adv After the expected or usual time.