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- Dictionaryabort/əˈbɔːt/
verb
- 1. carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus): "the decision to abort the fetus" Similar
- 2. bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault: "the flight crew aborted the take-off" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an act of aborting a flight, space mission, or other enterprise: informal, technical "an abort because of bad weather"
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to stop the development of a baby that has not been born, usually by having a medical operation: He declared that women have a right to abort a nonviable fetus. The decision to abort may be based on many factors. [ I ] to have a miscarriage (= an early, unintentional end to a pregnancy): The bacterial infection can cause animals to abort.
The meaning of ABORT is to bring forth stillborn, nonviable, or premature offspring. How to use abort in a sentence.
1. to undergo or cause (a woman) to undergo the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable. 2. (transitive) to cause (a fetus) to be expelled from the womb before it is viable. 3. (intransitive) to fail to come to completion; go wrong. 4. (transitive) to stop the development of; cause to be abandoned. 5. (intransitive)
To abort something is to end it. When something is aborted, it's finished. In a movie, you may have seen people on some kind of mission yelling " Abort! Abort !" That means "Stop!" When you abort a plan or activity, you're ending it, usually prematurely.
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by medical or surgical means that result in the death of the developing foetus or its expulsion from the pregnant woman’s body. Some persons who find themselves pregnant without planning to do so may consider having an abortion.
the early, unintentional ending of a pregnancy when a baby or young animal is born too early and dies before it is fully developed: The virus can cause abortion in cattle. We expect to see late abortions and birth abnormalities as a result of the radiation leak. Synonyms. miscarriage. spontaneous abortion. Compare.
Abort definition: to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is viable; miscarry.. See examples of ABORT used in a sentence.
[intransitive] (specialist) to give birth to a child or young animal too early for it to survive. The virus can cause pregnant animals to abort. see also miscarry. [intransitive, transitive] to end or cause something to end before it has been completed, especially because it is likely to fail.
3 days ago · Abortion, the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it has reached the stage of viability (in human beings, usually about the 20th week of gestation). An abortion may occur spontaneously, in which case it is also called a miscarriage, or it may be brought on purposefully.
ABORT meaning: 1 : to end a pregnancy deliberately by causing the death of the fetus; 2 : to stop something before it is completed because of problems or danger.
