Definitions for abortion

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abortion a·bor·tion

Spelling: [uh-bawr-shuh n]

IPA: /əˈbɔr ʃən/

Abortion is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 306 anagrams from letters in abortion (abinoort).

Definitions for abortion

noun

1. Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
2. any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy, especially during the first six months.
3. Also called spontaneous abortion. miscarriage (def 1).
4. an immature and nonviable fetus.
5. abortus (def 2).
6. any malformed or monstrous person, thing, etc.
7. Biology. the arrested development of an embryo or an organ at a more or less early stage.
8. the stopping of an illness, infection, etc., at a very early stage.
9. Informal. shambles; mess. anything that fails to develop, progress, or mature, as a design or project.

Origin of abortion

First recorded in 1540-50, abortion is from the Latin word abortiōn- (stem of abortiō). See abort, -ion

Examples for abortion

And he had arrived at what he called the hypothesis of the abortion of cells.

Most often, the doctrine is invoked by minors seeking an abortion without parental consent.

In this case the neglect is over-production; the evil is abortion.

Cows that are degenerating into consumption are exceedingly subject to abortion.

Some trees are without fruit through the abortion of the pistils.

Jenny Kutner, a 23-year-old writer for Salon, talked about her abortion after an IUD failure.

One in three women has had an abortion in the United States—but their stories often remain private.

abortion, also, often follows a sudden change from poor to luxuriant food.

The National Right to Life Committee, for example, asks the leading question “Is abortion Safe?”

In other words, unnecessarily stringent abortion regulation could be far more dangerous than abortion itself.