Misabort

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To spontaneously abort. rare

    "Between 6 and 9 per cent of our patients referred for diagnosis miscarry or misabort before villus sampling is carried out."

Example

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"Between 6 and 9 per cent of our patients referred for diagnosis miscarry or misabort before villus sampling is carried out."

Etymology

From mis- + abort.

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