English Dictionary

abortion

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 古語 比喩的用法

(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.

日本語の意味

中絶：胎児や胚が十分に発達する前に、子宮から排出される現象。これは、意図的に行われる場合（誘発中絶）と、自然に起こる場合（自然中絶、現代では通常「流産」と呼ばれる）を含む。 / 流産：自然に発生する形態の中絶。

After learning her diagnosis, she reluctantly decided to have an abortion and later sought counseling.

診断を知った後、彼女はしぶしぶ妊娠中絶を受けることに決め、その後カウンセリングを受けた。

意味（1）

(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.

Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.

意味（2）

(now rare) An aborted foetus; an abortus.

‘It seems too hairy for an abortion, and too small for a mature birth.’

意味（3）

(figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.

Insomuch that I do honestly believe, there can be no place in the world, where such intolerable abortions, begotten of the sculptor’s chisel, are to be found in such profusion, as in Rome.

意味（4）

(figuratively) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.

The returning good sense of our country threatens abortion to their hopes, & they believe that any portion of power confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.

意味（5）

(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.

意味（6）

The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.

abortions （ plural ）