Abortus
/əˈbɔɹ.təs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An abortion.
- 2 a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body wordnet
- 3 An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy.
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”). Doublet of abort.