If a woman has an abortion, she ends her pregnancy deliberately so that the baby is not born alive.
His girlfriend had an abortion.
...anti-abortion groups.
He and his wife both strongly support abortion rights.
More Synonyms of abortion
abortion in British English
(əˈbɔːʃən)
noun
1.
an operation or other procedure to terminate pregnancy before the fetus is viable
2.
the premature termination of pregnancy by spontaneous or induced expulsion of a nonviable fetus from the uterus
3.
the products of abortion; an aborted fetus
4.
the arrest of development of an organ
5.
a failure to develop to completion or maturity
the project proved an abortion
6.
a thing that is badly formed
Derived forms
abortional (aˈbortional)
adjective
abortion in American English
(əˈbɔrʃən)
noun
1.
a.
any spontaneous expulsion of an embryo or a fetus before it is sufficiently developed to survive; miscarriage
b.
any deliberate procedure that removes, or induces the expulsion of, a living or dead embryo or fetus
2.
an aborted embryo or fetus
3.
anything immature and incomplete or unsuccessful, as a deformed creature, a badly developed plan, etc.
4. Biology
a.
arrest of development
b.
an organ whose development has been arrested
Word origin
L abortio: see abort
Synonyms of 'abortion'
termination, feticide, aborticide, miscarriage
failure, disappointment, fiasco, misadventure
More Synonyms of abortion
In other languages
abortion
British English: abortion /əˈbɔːʃən/ NOUN
An abortion is a medical operation in which a pregnancy is deliberately ended and the baby is not born alive.
His girlfriend had an abortion.
American English: abortion
Arabic: إِجْهاض
Brazilian Portuguese: aborto
Chinese: 堕胎
Croatian: pobačaj
Czech: interrupce
Danish: abort
Dutch: abortus
European Spanish: aborto
Finnish: abortti
French: avortement
German: Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Greek: έκτρωση
Italian: aborto
Japanese: 妊娠中絶
Korean: 유산
Norwegian: abort
Polish: aborcja
European Portuguese: aborto
Romanian: avort
Russian: аборт
Latin American Spanish: aborto
Swedish: abort
Thai: การทำแท้ง
Turkish: kürtaj
Ukrainian: аборт
Vietnamese: sự phá thai
All related terms of 'abortion'
abortion laws
The law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime , business agreements , and social relationships . You can also use the law to refer to the people who work in this system.
abortion pill
a drug, such as mifepristone , used to terminate a pregnancy in its earliest stage
anti-abortion
opposed to abortion
abortion clinic
a place where abortions are conducted legally by doctors
selective abortion
the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
contagious abortion
an infectious disease of cattle, goats , dogs , and pigs , caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e. g . by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever , chills , and severe headache
partial-birth abortion
an abortion performed relatively late in pregnancy , in which the fetus is extracted in stages through the birth canal
Chinese translation of 'abortion'
abortion
(əˈbɔːʃən) (Med)
n(c/u)
流产(產) (liúchǎn) (次, cì)
to have an abortion流产(產) (liúchǎn)
1 (noun)
Definition
an operation to end pregnancy
Doctors advised her to have an abortion.
Synonyms
termination
You should have a medical after the termination of a pregnancy.
feticide (archaic)
aborticide (archaic)
miscarriage
deliberate miscarriage
2 (noun)
Definition
the failure of a mission or project
the abortion of the original nuclear project
Synonyms
failure
The policy is doomed to failure.
disappointment
The defeat was a bitter disappointment.
fiasco
The party was a bit of a fiasco.
misadventure
a verdict of death by misadventure
vain effort
Additional synonyms
in the sense of disappointment
Definition
a person or thing that disappoints
The defeat was a bitter disappointment.
Synonyms
letdown,
blow,
disaster,
failure,
setback,
fiasco,
misfortune,
calamity,
whammy (informal),
choker (informal),
washout (informal),
anticlimax
in the sense of fiasco
Definition
an action or attempt that fails completely in a ridiculous or disorganized way