abortion

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(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.

She decided to have an abortion.

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意味（1）

Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.

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意味（2）

(now rare) An aborted foetus; an abortus.

‘It seems too hairy for an abortion, and too small for a mature birth.’

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(figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.

Insomuch that I do honestly believe, there can be no place in the world, where such intolerable abortions, begotten of the sculptor’s chisel, are to be found in such profusion, as in Rome.

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(figuratively) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.

The returning good sense of our country threatens abortion to their hopes, & they believe that any portion of power confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.

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意味（5）

(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.

意味（6）

The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.

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