Definition of abortion Abortion

/ʌbɔˈɹʃʌn/ - [uborshun] - a•bor•tion

We found 16 definitions of abortion from 6 different sources.

What does abortion mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: abortions
abortion - termination of pregnancy
		ending, termination, conclusion the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
		spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, miscarriage a natural loss of the products of conception
abortion - failure of a plan
		miscarriage
		failure an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"

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Wiktionary

abortion (Noun)
The act of inducing the cessation of pregnancy.
abortion (Noun)
A monstrosity; a misshapen person.
abortion (Noun)
Any fruit or produce which is interrupted in its progress before it is matured or perfect; an idea, project, or anything that does not come to maturity.
abortion (Noun)
Something ugly, an artistic atrocity.
abortion (Noun)
The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
abortion (Noun)
An unpleasant or poorly executed idea or project.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

abortion (n.)
The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.
abortion (n.)
The immature product of an untimely birth.
abortion (n.)
Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

abortion
The interruption of pregnancy (induced or for natural causes).
abortion
The induced termination of a pregnancy, for example through medication or a surgical procedure.

Wikipedia

In mammals, an abortion is when a pregnancy ends early without the birth of offspring. This is usually called a miscarriage. Abortions occur spontaneously, usually because something went wrong with the pregnancy. Humans also have the possiblity to end the pregnancy before the child is born. A human child takes about 38 weeks to grow and be born. Normally, this occurs about 40 weeks after the mother's last menstruation.

Types of abortions.

There are two kinds (or types) of abortion. Sometimes, things go wrong during a pregnancy. These things may lead to the death of the unborn child. Depending on when the unborn child dies, such abortions are called "miscarriage" or "stillbirth".

In some cases finishing the pregnancy might be very dangerous to the pregnant woman. Bearing a child might also be very difficult for her. In such cases, things can be done to end the pregnancy. This is called an "induced abortion".

The unborn child is called embryo for the first eight weeks of the pregnancy, and fetus for the remaining 32 weeks.

In both types of abortion, the unborn child is usually expelled from the womb (a "complete" abortion). In some cases, the it remains inside the womb (a "missed" abortion) and surgery is required to remove it.

Names.

People speak of "sponaneous abortion" or "miscarriage" when an embryo or fetus is lost due to natural causes before the 20th week of pregnancy. A pregnancy that ends this way, but that is between 20 and 37 weeks old is known as "premature birth" i