abort.
an abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)
Meaning & usage
an abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)
illegal abort
provosert abort
a miscarriage (abortion that occurs by itself)
ha en abort
ta abort
an abortion (termination of pregnancy induced by surgery or medication)
foreta en abort
kjønnsbetinget abort
a premature foetus
the act of aborting
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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