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The medical definition of a pregnancy after accompanied by resulting in or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus: spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation; the arrest of a disease in its earliest stage.
The terminaton of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus.
The medical procedure of inducing expulsion of a human fetus to terminate a pregnancy.
The expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it has reached the stage of viabiity in human beings usually about the 20th week of gestation. An abortion may occur spontaneously, in which case it is also called a miscarriage, or it may be brought on purposefully, in which case it is often called an induced abortion.
