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Meaning of abort | Babel Free

Noun masculine
aˈbɔʈ

Definitions

  1. abortion (induced)
    masculine
  2. an abortion (termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable outside the uterus)
    masculine
  3. miscarriage (spontaneous)
    masculine
  4. a miscarriage (abortion that occurs by itself)
    masculine
  5. an abortion (termination of pregnancy induced by surgery or medication)
    masculine
  6. a premature foetus
    archaic, masculine
  7. the act of aborting
    masculine

Examples

“illegal abort”

illegal abortion

“provosert abort”

provoked abortion

“ha en abort”

have an abortion

“ta abort”

induce abortion

“habituell abort”

habitual abortion (the miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies)

“mange mene, at hensigten [med attentatet] kun har været at forskrække dronningen og derved foraarsage en abort”

many believe that the intention [of the assassination] was only to frighten the queen and thereby cause an abortion

“hun havde hørt, at ægteskaber, hvori det første svangerskab endte med abort, som oftest bleve barnløse”

she had heard that marriages in which the first pregnancy ended in abortion often became childless

“min kone, som efter aborten længe havde været svag, blev frisk igjen”

my wife, who had been weak for a long time after the abortion, recovered

“maleriet [var ikke] noe maleri i det hele tatt, men en abort”

the painting [was] not a painting at all, but an abortion

“foreta en abort”

perform an abortion

“kjønnsbetinget abort”

gendered abortion

“selvbestemt abort”

self-determined abortion (artificial abortion that a pregnant woman may require performed by the end of the 12th week of pregnancy, according to Norwegian law)

“foreldrene sendte ham to tusen kroner og det ble ordnet med illegal abort”

his parents sent him two thousand kroner and an illegal abortion was arranged

“hun var helt desperat av redsel for at hun ikke skulle få innvilget aborten”

she was desperate for fear that she would not be granted an abortion

“Brita var en av foregangskvinnene for selvbestemt abort”

Brita was one of the pioneers of self-determined abortion

“de sterkeste og mest innflytelsesrike motstandere av selvbestemt abort”

the strongest and most influential opponents of self-determined abortion

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