ABORTION
- The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy
- The expulsion of a fetus from the uterus by natural causes before it is able to survive independently
- The arrest of the development of an organ, typically a seed or fruit
- An object or undertaking regarded by the speaker as unpleasant or badly made or carried out
- the premature expulsion of a foetus [n -S]
- induced expulsion of a nonviable fetus [n ABORTIONS] : ABORTIONIST [n]