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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abortion/əˈbɔːʃn/
▶noun
  • 1 the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy.

    ■ the natural expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently.

  • 2 Biology the arrest of the development of an organ, especially a seed or fruit.
  • 3 informal, derogatory something imperfectly planned or made.
– derivatives
abortionist noun (chiefly derogatory).



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