2syllables
abortion
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Definitions ofabortion
1noun
- The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.
- An aborted foetus; an abortus.
- A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
- Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
- Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
- The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
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