Thesaurus: aborted

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1. a. Brought forth prematurely.
2. a. Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.
3. 1. Brought forth prematurely. 2. (Biol.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen.
4. Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normaldevelopment at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their maturestate. Owen.
5. j:100 v terminate before completion v cease development, die, and be aborted v terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion