abortion

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.
  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) An aborted foetus; an abortus.
  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
  5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
  6. (countable, uncountable) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
  7. (countable, uncountable) The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.

Têgeh

zarokjiberbirin

kûretaj

hûrkolîna jîçekê

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Latin abortiōnem (“miscarriage, abortion”), from aborior (“to miscarry”). Equivalent to abort + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣwyrp (literally “throwing out, rejection”).

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