资料来源 : pyDict
流产,堕胎,失败,夭折
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Abortion \A*bor"tion\ ([.a]*b[^o]r"sh[u^]n), n. [L. abortio, fr.
aboriri. See {Abort}.]
1. The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the
expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is
capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.
Note: It is sometimes used for the offense of procuring a
premature delivery, but strictly the early delivery is
the abortion, ``causing or procuring abortion'' is the
full name of the offense. --Abbott.
资料来源 : WordNet®
abortion
n 1: termination of pregnancy
2: failure of a plan [syn: {miscarriage}]