Abortorium

//æbɔɹˈtɔɹi.əm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hospital or hospital department that specializes in abortions.

    "A well-equipped abortorium was then visited. This consists of a suite of rooms on the first floor."

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abortion clinicabortion clinic

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"A well-equipped abortorium was then visited. This consists of a suite of rooms on the first floor."

Etymology

From abort. Compare auditorium, vomitorium. Possibly a borrowing of Russian абортарий (abortarij) or its variant аборторий (abortorij).

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