abortive

Etymology
First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From, from , from , from , from +.

Adjective

 * 1)  Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
 * 2) Coming to nothing; failing in its effect..
 * 3)  Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
 * 4)  Causing abortion; abortifacient.
 * 5)  Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
 * 6)  Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
 * 7) Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
 * 1)  Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
 * 2)  Causing abortion; abortifacient.
 * 3)  Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
 * 4)  Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
 * 5) Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
 * 1)  Causing abortion; abortifacient.
 * 2)  Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
 * 3)  Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
 * 4) Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
 * 1)  Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
 * 2)  Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
 * 3) Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
 * 1)  Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
 * 2) Made from the skin of a still-born animal.

Translations

 * Finnish: abortti-
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 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: aborta
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , , , , , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐκβόλιμος
 * Hungarian: abortív
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fruktesløs, nytteløs
 * Persian: بی نتیجه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: surkastunut,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Hungarian: abortív
 * Norwegian:
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 * Catalan: abortiu, abortiva,, avortiva
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: abortív
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, abortífero, amblótico
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: abortív
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:


 * Hungarian: abortív


 * Norwegian:
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Noun

 * 1)  Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
 * 2)  A fruitless effort.
 * 3)  A medicine that causes abortion, an abortifacient.
 * 4)  A medicine or treatment acting to halt or slow the progress of a disease.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: سقط
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
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 * German:
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 * Catalan: abortiu
 * Finnish: keskeytyslääke, aborttilääke
 * German: Abtreibungsmittel
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:, amblótico
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:


 * Interlingua:
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian:
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 * Romanian:
 * Vietnamese:, , , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.