abort (redirected from aborting)

abort (ah-bort´)

1. to arrest prematurely a disease or developmental process.

2. to cause, undergo, or experience abortion.

3. to become checked in development.

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a·bort (-bôrt)

v.

1. To expel or cause to expel an embryo or fetus before it is viable.

2. To arrest a disease in its earliest stages.

3. To arrest in growth or development; to cause to remain rudimentary.

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abort

1. to arrest prematurely a disease or developmental process.

2. to expel the products of conception before the fetus is viable.