abortar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abort verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
Senses
abortar is used for these senses in English:
- abort (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
- abort (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
- abort (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
- miscarry To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus. [from 16th c.]
abort — full definition
- verb To stop an action, plan, or process before it is finished, usually because of a problem.
- verb (medical) To end a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.