| 释义 |
abortorium|æbɔːˈtɔərɪəm|
Pl. abortoria.
[f. abort-, as in abort v., abortion, + -orium.]
A hospital or a hospital department that specializes in performing abortions.
1934Lancet 3 Nov. 1027/2 The abortorium which I visited in Leningrad was part of a general hospital... There were four such hospitals in Leningrad, and the number of abortions performed in this one alone approached 1000 a month. 1973A. F. Guttmacher in Walbert & Butler Abortion, Society & Law 71 In recognition of the financial potential, several proprietary hospitals were converted into abortoria. |