induced abortion

Other forms: induced abortions

Definitions of induced abortion
  1. noun
    a deliberate termination of pregnancy
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    types:
    aborticide, feticide
    the act of destroying a fetus
    therapeutic abortion
    a legally induced abortion for medical reasons (as when the mother's life is threatened)
    suction curettage, vacuum aspiration
    a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix
    type of:
    abortion
    termination of pregnancy
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