abortivo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abortive adj Born too early, before it was fully formed, and so seeming unnatural.
Senses
abortivo is used for these senses in English:
- abortifacient (pharmaceutical effect) Producing miscarriage. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
- abortifacient (pharmaceutical drug) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
- abortive (medicine, pharmaceutical effect, rare) Causing abortion; abortifacient.
- abortive (obsolete) A medicine that causes abortion, an abortifacient.
abortive — full definition
- adj Born too early, before it was fully formed, and so seeming unnatural.
- adj Unsuccessful; failing to achieve its purpose.
- adj Not fully grown or developed; underdeveloped.
- adj (medicine) Able to bring about a miscarriage.
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