English words for 'Causing abortion; abortifacient.'
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adj
- (medicine, pharmacology, rare) Causing abortion; abortifacient.
- (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
- (medicine, of a disease) Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
- Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. .
- (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
- Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
- failing to accomplish an intended result
noun
- An induced abortion.
- (now uncommon in general use) A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage.
- (figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
- (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
- The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
- (figuratively) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
- termination of pregnancy
- failure of a plan
noun
noun
- (medicine) An induced abortion.
- An outcome or result.
- The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
- An end in time; a conclusion.
- The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
- The ending up of a polypeptid chain.
- (grammar) The last part of a word.
- An end in space; an edge or limit.
- the act of ending something
- a place where something ends or is complete
- a coming to an end of a contract period
- the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
- something that results
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- terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
- terminate before completion
- cease development, die, and be aborted
- (intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
- (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
- (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
- (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
- (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
- (intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
- (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
- (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
noun
- the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- (computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
- (computing) The function used to abort a process.
- (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
noun
- (abortion) Support for the abolition (banning) of abortion.
- Support for the abolition of prisons.
- (historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery.
- Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
- Support for the abolition (banning) of sex work.
- the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery
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name
name
- Initialism of Abortion Assistance Association.
- (US) Initialism of American Anthropological Association.
- Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Association.
- Initialism of Access All Areas, Sony music project.
- Initialism of American Arbitration Association.
- (England) Initialism of Amateur Athletic Association of England.
- Initialism of American Airship Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
- Initialism of Allegheny Airlines.
- Initialism of Argentine Anticommunist Alliance.
- Initialism of Archives of American Art.
- (US, automotive) Initialism of American Automobile Association.
- (historical) Initialism of American Academy of Allergy; now the AAAAI.
- Initialism of Army Athletic Association.
- Initialism of ANSI Artists of America.
- Initialism of Allied Artists of America.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Actors and Artistes of America; now the AAAA or 4As.
- Initialism of Association of Accounting Administrators.
- Initialism of American Accounting Association.
- Initialism of Appraisers Association of America.
- Initialism of Agricultural Aviation Association.
- Initialism of Armenian Assembly of America.
- Initialism of American Association for Anatomy.
- Initialism of All American Aviation.
- Initialism of American Academy of Advertising.
- Initialism of American Abstract Artists.
- Initialism of American Accordionists' Association.
- Initialism of American Astronomers Association.
- Initialism of Associated Agents of America.
- Initialism of American Academy of Actuaries.
- Initialism of American Australian Association.
- Initialism of American Ambulance Association.
- Initialism of American Antarctic Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Act.
- (Australia, automotive) Initialism of Australian Automobile Association.
- Initialism of Association of Average Adjusters.
- Initialism of Antique Airplane Association.
- Initialism of Area-Agency on Aging.
- (UK, art, historical) Initialism of Allied Artists Association.
noun
- Initialism of airport airspace analysis.
- Initialism of Access Approval Authority.
- Initialism of astronaut-actuated abort.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of aromatic amino acid.
- Initialism of authorization accounting activity; authorized accounting activity.
- Initialism of air avenue of approach.
- Initialism of Acquisition Approval Authority.
- Initialism of allocations, assessments, and analysis.
- Initialism of angle angle angle, a geometric proof.
- Initialism of arrival and assembly area.
- Initialism of aircraft alert area.
- Initialism of authentication, authorization and accounting.
- Initialism of aerospace engineering, applied mechanics, and aviation.
- Initialism of automated airlift analysis.
- (psychology) Initialism of animal-assisted activity.
- Initialism of AEGIS acquisition agent.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft artillery.
- Initialism of adaptive array antenna.
- Initialism of alternate assembly area.
- (medicine) Initialism of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Initialism of attitude, awareness and accountability, a ski safety program.
- Initialism of adult album alternative.
- Initialism of accumulated adjustments account, in US Federal Income Tax.
- Initialism of airborne assault area.
- Initialism of advanced acoustic array.
- Initialism of airborne array aperture.
- Initialism of administration, authorization, and authentication, in software security.
- an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
phrase
symbol
- A very narrow shoe size.
- (sports, Canada, US) The highest level of minor league baseball, often used by extension in other sports to indicate the highest level of minor league play in that sport as well.
- (video games) high-quality video game expected to sell well, typically with a large development budget.
- (finance) The highest credit rating given by debt analysis agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best.
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- (more specifically) Pertaining to the prevention of pregnancy by interfering with the implantation of the embryo in the uterus.
- Pertaining to the coordination, joining, and interaction or interference of a moving object with another (moving or stationary) object.
- Pertaining to the interruption of a trajectory or course of development to stop it or divert it to a new trajectory or course of development, as opposed to correction after the fact.
- Pertaining to the approach and destruction of an attacking enemy force.
noun
noun
- An induced abortion.
- (now uncommon in general use) A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage.
- (figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
- (biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
- The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
- (figuratively) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
- termination of pregnancy
- failure of a plan
noun
noun
- (medicine) An induced abortion.
- An outcome or result.
- The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
- An end in time; a conclusion.
- The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
- The ending up of a polypeptid chain.
- (grammar) The last part of a word.
- An end in space; an edge or limit.
- the act of ending something
- a place where something ends or is complete
- a coming to an end of a contract period
- the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
- something that results
noun
noun
- (abortion) Support for the abolition (banning) of abortion.
- Support for the abolition of prisons.
- (historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery.
- Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
- Support for the abolition (banning) of sex work.
- the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery
noun
name
verb
- terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
- terminate before completion
- cease development, die, and be aborted
- (intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
- (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
- (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
- (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
- (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
- (intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
- (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
- (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
noun
- the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- (computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
- (computing) The function used to abort a process.
- (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
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- (medicine, pharmacology, rare) Causing abortion; abortifacient.
- (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
- (medicine, of a disease) Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
- Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. .
- (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
- Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
- failing to accomplish an intended result
adj
- (more specifically) Pertaining to the prevention of pregnancy by interfering with the implantation of the embryo in the uterus.
- Pertaining to the coordination, joining, and interaction or interference of a moving object with another (moving or stationary) object.
- Pertaining to the interruption of a trajectory or course of development to stop it or divert it to a new trajectory or course of development, as opposed to correction after the fact.
- Pertaining to the approach and destruction of an attacking enemy force.