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abortive adj. Failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless: an abortive attempt to conclude the negotiations ... Biology. Partially or imperfectly developed: an abortive organ.
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abortion n. Induced termination of a pregnancy with destruction of the embryo or fetus. Any of various procedures resulting in the termination of a ... Home > Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ... Induced termination of a pregnancy with destruction of the embryo or fetus.
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abortive (comparative more abortive, superlative most abortive) ... Positive; abortive ... Comparative; more abortive...
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Definition of abortive in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of abortive. Pronunciation of abortive. Translations of abortive. abortive synonyms, abortive antonyms. Information about abortive in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... 2. Biology Partially or imperfectly developed: an abortive organ.
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You are currently in the UK view ... Perform another search of the Compact Oxford English Dictionary ... About this dictionary; The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English contains 145,000 words, phrases, and definitions. Find out more about Oxford's range of English dictionaries; Sign up for the AskOxford Word...
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Abortive: The word "abortive" has a number of meanings including prematurely born; fruitless or unsuccessful; imperfectly formed or developed; tending to cut short. ... In everyday language, the sense of "abortive" to mean prematurely born, as "an abortive child," is largely obsolete today. The main meaning of "abortive"
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The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology ... Diabetes & Endocrinology...
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In eggs treated with cytochalasin D (CD) to inhibit the polar body extrusion, the second meiosis was abortive. After the first meiosis, two centrosomes at the spindle poles remained in the cytoplasm because of the effect of CD. The chromosomes divided into two groups at anaphase-I as observed in the control eggs.
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