Word Frequency
abortion (əˈbɔːʃən
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Definitions
noun
- an operation or other procedure to terminate pregnancy before the fetus is viable
- the premature termination of pregnancy by spontaneous or induced expulsion of a nonviable fetus from the uterus
- the products of abortion; an aborted fetus
- the arrest of development of an organ
- a failure to develop to completion or maturity ⇒
the project proved an abortion
- a person or thing that is deformed
Derived Forms
aˈbortional adjectiveTranslations for 'abortion'
- British English: abortion An abortion is a medical operation in which a pregnancy is deliberately ended and the baby is not born alive.His girlfriend had an abortion.əˈbɔːʃən NOUN
- Arabic: إِجْهاض
- Brazilian Portuguese: aborto
- Chinese: 堕胎
- Croatian: pobačaj
- Czech: interrupce
- Danish: abort
- Dutch: abortus
- European Spanish: aborto
- Finnish: abortti
- French: avortement
- German: Schwangerschaftsabbruch Schwangerschaftsabbrüche
- Greek: έκτρωση
- Italian: aborto
- Japanese: 妊娠中絶
- Korean: 유산
- Norwegian: abort
- Polish: aborcja
- Portuguese: aborto
- Romanian: avort avorturi
- Russian: аборт
- Spanish: aborto
- Swedish: abort
- Thai: การทำแท้ง
- Turkish: kürtaj
- Ukrainian: аборт
- Vietnamese: sự phá thai
Example Sentences Including 'abortion'
But I always knew I was able to have them, because before I married him I had already had an abortion.Three Kinds of Kissing - Scottish Short Stories
Conservative leader Michael Howard backs a reduction in abortion time limits in an interview to be published next week.Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2005)
Entrenched attitudes to abortion are just not morally attuned to the significant differences between instances of abortion , she says.Glasgow Herald (2002)
His efforts helped to clean up the Victorian police force and to bring about a more liberal interpretation of abortion laws.THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
It wasn't that hard to come by an abortion in Hamburg in the mid-1970s.THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
Mike said it put him in mind of a particularly nasty backstreet abortion he'd had to deal with in his last job.Night Sisters
Opponents, many of whom also oppose abortion , say that the resultant death of the embryo is absolutely unacceptable.New Scientist (2003)
The only faint consolation is that the bluff of the political parties will be called regarding reducing the numbers seeking abortion.Irish Times (2002)
We will have no opportunity to vote on legislation for abortion.Irish Times (2002)
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