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partial-birth abortion (-bʉrt̸h′)

an abortion performed relatively late in pregnancy, in which the fetus is extracted in stages through the birth canal: a nontechnical term

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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