aborted


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abort/əˈbɔːt/
verb
  • 1 carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus).
  • 2 Biology (of an embryonic organ or organism) fail to mature.
  • 3 bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault.
noun chiefly technical an act of aborting a flight or other enterprise.
– origin C16: from L. aboriri ‘miscarry’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + oriri ‘be born’.
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