Definizione monolingua

abortion

abortion (plural abortions)

1. (medicine or dated) The cessation of pregnancy or fetal development; a miscarriage.
2. An induced abortion.
3. The act of inducing abortion.
4. (dated) The immature product of an untimely birth.
5. (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
6. Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which is interrupted in its progress before it is matured or perfect.
7. The act of aborting a project, a mission, etc, before it is completed.
8. (art) Something ugly, an artistic atrocity.
   • 1846, Charles Dickens, Pictures from Italy, Chapter 10.

     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.

Definizione dizionario abortion

	aborto
	induced abortion
	miscarriage
	act of inducing abortion
	Interruzione della gravidanza (indotta o dovuta a cause naturali).
	The interruption of pregnancy (induced or for natural causes).

	abortivo
	immature product of an untimely birth

embrione

fallimento

Altri significati:

Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which is interrupted in its progress before it is matured or perfect.

(dated) The immature product of an untimely birth.

the act of aborting a project, etc

The act of aborting a project, a mission, etc, before it is completed.

(art) Something ugly, an artistic atrocity.

(medicine or dated) The cessation of pregnancy or fetal development; a miscarriage.

fruit/produce that doesn’t come to maturity

An induced abortion.

something ugly

The act of inducing abortion.

The induced termination of a pregnancy, for example through medication or a surgical procedure.

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