abort a foetus

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• foetus — n. (BE) see fetus 1) to abort a foetus 2) a viable foetus 3) an unborn foetus * * * [ fiːtəs] (BE) see fetus a viable foetus an unborn foetus to abort a foetus …   Combinatory dictionary

• abort — UK [əˈbɔː(r)t] / US [əˈbɔrt] verb Word forms abort : present tense I/you/we/they abort he/she/it aborts present participle aborting past tense aborted past participle aborted 1) [intransitive/transitive] to remove a developing baby from a woman s …   English dictionary

• abort — /əˈbɔt / (say uh bawt) verb (i) 1. a. (of a pregnancy) to come to an end by the expulsion of the foetus before it is viable. b. (of a foetus) to be born prematurely, before it is viable. c. (of a woman) to have a pregnancy ended by the expulsion… …  

• abort — 1. noun /əˈbɔːt,əˈbɔːɹt/ a) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. In Japonia tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends. b) The function used to abort a… …   Wiktionary

• abort — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (of a woman) undergo abortion; miscarry. b (of a foetus) suffer abortion. 2 tr. a effect the abortion of (a foetus). b effect abortion in (a mother). 3 a tr. cause to end fruitlessly or prematurely; stop in the early stages.… …   Useful english dictionary

• abort — [[t]əbɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] aborts, aborting, aborted 1) VERB If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive. [FORMAL] [V n] Ruth Ellis gunned down the lover who walked out on her after she had aborted… …   English dictionary

• Campylobacter foetus — Campylobacter fetus Campylobacter fetus Systematik Abteilung: Proteobacteria Klasse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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• miscarry — verb a) To abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so; to experience a miscarriage. b) To fail to achieve some purpose …   Wiktionary

• female pills —    medication to abort a foetus    In 1950 a British Code of Standards was introduced to ban misleading or dishonest medical advertising and:     ... the use in any advertisements for medicines or treatments of any phrases implying that the… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• part with patrick —    obsolete Scottish    to abort a foetus prematurely    A version of the former standard English, part with child:     Or he wan back she parted wi patrick. (D. Graham, 1883) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms