单词 | spontaneous abortion |
释义 | > as lemmasspontaneous abortion a. The expulsion or removal from the womb of a developing embryo or fetus, spec. (Medicine) in the period before it is capable of independent survival, occurring as a result either of natural causes (more fully spontaneous abortion) or of a deliberate act (more fully induced abortion); the early or premature termination of pregnancy with loss of the fetus; an instance of this.In modern general use the unmodified word generally refers to induced abortion, whether caused by drugs or performed surgically, and the term miscarriage is used for spontaneous abortion.contagious, missed, vacuum abortion, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of pregnancy or birth > [noun] > miscarriage abort?a1425 abortion?1537 aborsement1540 miscarrying1568 abortive1587 abortment1595 miscarriage1615 amblosis1706 efflux1754 abortus1764 mc1956 ?1537 in tr. Erasmus Declamatio Med. sig. A.vii To the phisicians craft he oweth his lyfe, ye whiche as yet hath nat receiued life, whyle thrugh it abortions be prohibeted. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Aborsus, an vntymely byrthe, nighe to the conception: which may be called aborsion. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. ix Abhorsion..is when a woman is delyvered of her chylde before her tyme. 1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. C Againe if womb, be subiect to abhorsion, Best hope is bankrupt, by the same extortion. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vii. 477 She became so incensed, as falling into a Fever she made a pitiful Abortion. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 67 Physitions..promise therein a vertue against abortion . View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality viii. 51 Such unlawfull Copulations beget Conceptions but to frustrate them with procured Abortions or secret Murthers. 1726 P. Aubin Lady Lucy iii. 34 I purchas'd and gave her such Drugs as could cause Abortion, but in vain, and she grew big. 1778 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (ed. 2) I. iv. 297 The women by the use of certain herbs procure frequent abortions. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals II. i. 22 The practice of abortion was one to which few persons in antiquity attached any deep feeling of condemnation. 1888 W. Day Horse xviii. 242 Abortion often results from letting mares out too soon in the morning, when the weather is cold and frosty. 1922 C. C. Van Blarcom Obstetr. Nursing xiii. 309 Induced abortion applies to the termination of pregnancy before the child is viable,..and is performed solely in the interests of the mother, as the fetus is always lost. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxvi. 1035 In cases of abortion in the early months, the products of conception may be extruded entire as a red mass of fibrin and clot called a blood-mole. 1969 B. Head When Rain Clouds Gather iv. 53 The young woman had died of a septic womb due to having procured an abortion with a hooked and unsterilized instrument. 1988 J. C. Bell et al. Zoonoses 29 In sheep and goats abortion occurs less frequently than in cattle. 1998 Zest Sept. 41/1 Seventy per cent of abortions could be prevented if the ‘morning-after’ pill was available over the counter at pharmacies. 2007 U.S. News & World Rep. 23 Apr. 32/1 Many conservatives don't trust McCain on issues like tax cuts, abortion, and gay rights. < as lemmas |
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