abort

abort
1. To give birth to an embryo or fetus before it is viable. SEE ALSO: miscarry. 2. To remove products of conception prematurely to destroy the offspring. 3. To arrest a disease in its earliest stages. [L. aborior, to fail at onset]

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abort ə-'bȯ(ə)rt vi to bring forth premature or stillborn offspring <the patient \aborted spontaneously> compare MISCARRY vt
1 a) to induce the abortion of or give birth to prematurely
b) to terminate the pregnancy of before term
2) to stop in the early stages <\abort a disease>
abort·er n

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(ə-bortґ) [L. aboriri to miscarry] 1. to check the usual course of a disease. 2. to cause, undergo, or experience termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable. 3. to become checked in development.

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