"Abortive" is a word in ENGLISH
Rendering fruitless or ineffectual.
Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.
That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an
abortion.
Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying;
fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.
Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive
child.
Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive
vellum.
Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile;
as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing
abortion.
Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines.
A fruitless effort or issue.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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Abortment; abortion.
Read the complete definitionAbortive.
Read the complete definitionTo become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
Read the complete definitionAn aborted offspring.
Read the complete definitionTo miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
Read the complete definitionAn untimely birth.
Read the complete definitionBrought forth prematurely.
Read the complete definitionRendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.
Read the complete definitionIn medical Jurisprudence. A drug or medicine capable of, or used for, producing abortion
Read the complete definitionArrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
Read the complete definitionThe act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of …
Read the complete definitionThe immature product of an untimely birth.
Read the complete definitionAny fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured …
Read the complete definitionIn criminal law. The miscarriage or premature delivery of a woman who is quick with child, when this ls brought …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.
Read the complete definitionOne who procures abortion or miscarriage.
Read the complete definitionIn an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being abortive.
Read the complete definitionAbortion.
Read the complete definitionabórto - (Sp. abórto) Abortion, miscarriage; monster. (cf. hár-as).
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