aborto — 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.
- abortion noun The deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the foetus can survive on its own.
- abortive adj Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
- miscarriage noun The loss of a pregnancy before the baby can survive outside the womb.
- termination noun The act of ending something, or the state of having ended.
Senses
aborto is used for these senses in English:
- abort (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.]
- abortion (medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.[from 16th c.]
- abortion An induced abortion.
- abortion (figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity. [from 16th c.]
- abortion (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. [from 18th c.]
- abortive (obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the mid 18th century.]
- 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.]
- termination (medical) An induced abortion.
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.
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.