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Etymology
From L. abortio, from aboriri; see also abort.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-abortion.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)��n

Noun
en-noun

1. The cessation of pregnancy or fetal development; a miscarriage.
2. An induced abortion.
3. The act of induce|inducing abortion.
4. The immature product of an untimely birth.
5. biology Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
6. Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect
7. The act of aborting a project, a mission, etc, before it is completed.
8. art Something ugly, an artistic atrocity.

#* 1846, w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, Pictures from Italy, Chapter 10.
#*: Insomuch that I do honestly believe, there can be no place in the world, where such intolerable abortions, begotten of the sculptor�s chisel, are to be found in such profusion, as in Rome.

Translations
trans-top|miscarriage
Chinese: ��, �产 (líuch�n)
Crimean Tatar: abort#Crimean Tatar|abort
Dutch: t|nl|miskraam|n, t+|nl|abortus|m
Esperanto: abortigo
Finnish: t-|fi|keskenmeno
German: Abtreibung f
Greek: α�οβολή f
Hebrew: �פ�� (hapala) f
Italian: t+|it|aborto|m
Japanese: �娠中絶 (���������, ninshinchūzetsu)
Norwegian: t+|no|abort|m
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Polish: poronienie n
Portuguese: t+|pt|aborto|m
Romanian: avort n
Russian: або�� m (abórt)
Slovak: potrat m
Spanish: t+|es|aborto|m
Swedish: t+|sv|abort|c
Turkish: t-|tr|kürtaj
Welsh: erthylu c
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trans-top|induced abortion
Crimean Tatar: abort#Crimean Tatar|abort
Dutch: t+|nl|abortus|m
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Greek: έκ����η f
Scottish Gaelic: casg leatrom m
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trans-top|act of inducing abortion
Chinese: 墮� (dùotaī)
Crimean Tatar: abort#Crimean Tatar|abort
Dutch: t|nl|abortie|m, t+|nl|abortus|m
Esperanto: abortigo
Finnish: t+|fi|abortti, t+|fi|raskaudenkeskeytys
French: avortement m, interruption volontaire de grossesse f, IVG f
German: Abbruch m
Italian: t+|it|aborto|m
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Norwegian: t+|no|abort
Polish: aborcja f
Portuguese: t+|pt|aborto|m
Romanian: avort n
Scottish Gaelic: casg leatrom m
Slovak: potrat m
Spanish: t+|es|aborto|m
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trans-top|immature product of an untimely birth
Dutch: t|nl|miskraam|n
Greek: εξάμβλ�μα n, έκ���μα n
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Italian: t-|it|abortivo|m
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trans-top|biology: arrest of development of an organ
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trans-top|fruit/produce that doesn�t come to maturity
French: t|fr|avorton|m
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Romanian: t-|ro|embrion|m, t-|ro|germen|m
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trans-top|the act of aborting a project, etc
Portuguese: t+|pt|aborto|m
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Romanian: t+|ro|abandon|n
Spanish: t+|es|aborto|m
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trans-top|something ugly
Dutch: t|nl|misbaksel|n, t|nl|miskraam|n
Greek: έκ���μα n
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Spanish: t+|es|aborto|m, t-|es|engendro|m
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ttbc|Indonesian: aborsi, gugur|menggugurkan kandung|kandungan
ttbc|Interlingua: aborto#Interlingua|aborto
ttbc|Vietnamese: sự sẩy thai, sự phá thai, sự nạo thai, ngư�i lùn t�t, �ứa bé �ẻ non, vật �ẻ non, vật d� dạng, quái thai, sự chết non chết y�u, sự s�m thất bại, tình trạng phát tri�n không �ầy �ủ

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