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abortion

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8 lettersPronunciation /əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/Part of speech nounSorted abinoortStarts with AEnds with N0 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. termination of pregnancy

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Swines-bread, so used, doth not onely speed / A tardy labour; but (without great heed) / If over it a Child-great Woman stride, / Instant abortion often doth betide.
  • At any time after impregnation, abortion may take place: it is one of the most common complaints of pregnancy, whence it is a matter of no small consequence that every practitioner should well understand it.
  • Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.

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