(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.

(military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. / (computing) The function used to abort a process.

(intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.

present participle of abort

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abort

plural of abort

plural of abortive

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abortive

plural of abortment

plural of abortiveness