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abortive

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adj/əˈbɔɹ.tɪv//əˈbɔː.tɪv/
  1. 1

    Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.obsolete

    • an abortive child
  2. 2

    Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. .

    • an abortive attempt
  3. 3

    Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.

    • an abortive organ
    • an abortive stamen
  4. 4

    Causing abortion; abortifacient.rare

    • abortive medicines
    • Each country may have a different prevalence of infectious abortive agents. The most common agents of abortion in cattle are Brucella spp., Campylobacter spp., Chlamydiaceae, Coxiella burnetii, Leptospira spp., […]
  5. 5

    Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).

    • abortive treatment of typhoid fever
  6. 6

    Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.

  7. 7

    Made from the skin of a still-born animal.

    • abortive vellum
noun/əˈbɔɹ.tɪv//əˈbɔː.tɪv/
  1. 1

    Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.obsolete

  2. 2

    A fruitless effort.obsolete

  3. 3

    A medicine that causes abortion, an abortifacient.obsolete

  4. 4

    A medicine or treatment acting to halt or slow the progress of a disease.obsolete

    • Naphthalin was praised by Rosbach as an abortive in typhoid fever; Kraemer in 1886, Wilcox in 1887, Sehwald in 1889 and Wolff of Philadelphia in 1891 confirmed Rosbach's observations.
verb/əˈbɔɹ.tɪv//əˈbɔː.tɪv/
  1. 1

    To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.obsoletetransitive

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