abortnemnd.
a board that decides whether a petition for abortion can be granted when the pregnancy has lasted for more than 12 weeks
Meaning & usage
a board that decides whether a petition for abortion can be granted when the pregnancy has lasted for more than 12 weeks
a board of two doctors who decided whether women should be granted an application for an abortion (scheme between 1960 and 1978)
Where this word comes from
abort + nemnd, first part from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“come into being”). Second part from Old Norse nefnd (“denomination, name, tribunal”), derived from Old Norse nefna (“mention”), from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną (“to name, call”), from *namô + *-janą, first part from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
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