Definition of abort

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Abort (v. i.) To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

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Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines..
Aborsement :: Aborsement (n.) Abortment; abortion.
Atrophy :: Atrophy (v. t.) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile..
Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum..
Abortion :: Abortion (n.) The immature product of an untimely birth.
Aborticide :: Aborticide (n.) The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
Blind :: Blind (a.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers..
Still-burn :: Stillborn (a.) Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem..
Abortifacient :: Abortifacient (n.) A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.
Ecboline :: Ecboline (n.) An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.
Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever..
Aborsive :: Aborsive (a.) Abortive.
Abortion :: Abortion (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed..
Abortion :: Abortion (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion..
Abort :: Abort (n.) An untimely birth.
Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
Abortive :: Abortive (n.) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion.
Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt..
Amblotic :: Amblotic (a.) Tending to cause abortion.
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