(medicine or dated) The cessation of
pregnancy or fetal development; a miscarriage.
An induced abortion.
The act of inducing abortion.
(dated) The immature product of an untimely birth.
(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which is interrupted in its
progress before it is matured or perfect.
The act of aborting a project, a mission, etc, before it is completed.
(art) Something ugly, an artistic atrocity.