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Abortion is when a pregnancy ends abruptly, either voluntarily or involuntarily, and the fetus is expelled from the womb before it can live on its own. (noun)

An example of an abortion is a miscarriage.

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noun

1. any spontaneous expulsion of an embryo or a fetus before it is sufficiently developed to survive; miscarriage
2. any deliberate procedure that removes, or induces the expulsion of, a living or dead embryo or fetus
an aborted embryo or fetus
anything immature and incomplete or unsuccessful, as a deformed creature, a badly developed plan, etc.
Biol.
1. arrest of development
2. an organ whose development has been arrested

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(ə-bôrˈshən)

noun

a. Induced termination of a pregnancy with destruction of the embryo or fetus.
b. Any of various procedures resulting in the termination of a pregnancy. Also called induced abortion.
See miscarriage.
Cessation of normal growth, especially of an organ or other body part, prior to full development or maturation.
The premature ending or abandonment of an undertaking.
Something that is regarded as poorly made or done.

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