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abort.

an abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/aˈbɔʈ//aˈbɔʁt/
  1. an abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)

    masculine
    illegal abort
    provosert abort
  2. a miscarriage (abortion that occurs by itself)

    masculine
    ha en abort
    ta abort
  3. an abortion (termination of pregnancy induced by surgery or medication)

    masculine
    foreta en abort
    kjønnsbetinget abort
  4. a premature foetus

    archaic · masculine
  5. the act of aborting

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin abortus (“premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage”), perfect active participle of aborior (“to disappear; to miscarry, be aborted (of a baby)”), a compound from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from orior (“to rise, appear, be born”), from Proto-Italic *oriōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir, rise, spring”).

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