Abortable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being aborted. not-comparable

    "I spent weeks after my miscarriage trying to understand. . . . Had I lost a baby, or "just" a 16-week fetus, not viable outside the womb, abortable under law?"

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"I spent weeks after my miscarriage trying to understand. . . . Had I lost a baby, or "just" a 16-week fetus, not viable outside the womb, abortable under law?"

Etymology

From abort + -able.

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