Abortuary
noun
a derogatory term for an abortion clinic
Examples
A pro-lifer was stabbed while protesting outside an abortuary.
Word Origin
a blend of ‘abort’ and ‘mortuary’
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- Abortus
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted. an aborted fetus. Historical Examples The term “abortus,” being in the genitive case, may be employed with either generic term. Contagious Abortion of Cows Ward J. MacNeal We have therefore suggested the name Bacillus (or Bacterium) abortus, Bang, for this organism. Contagious Abortion of Cows Ward […]
- Abortus bang ring test
abortus bang ring test abortus Bang ring test n. An agglutination test done on the mixed milk of many cows, usually of entire herds, for the detection of bovine brucellosis. Also called milk ring test.
- Abortuses
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted. an aborted fetus. abortus a·bor·tus (ə-bôr’təs) n. The product or products of an abortion.
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the wood of a sapele.
- Abought
simple past tense and past participle of . Archaic. to pay the penalty of. to endure; continue. to undergo suffering as a penalty. verb abys, abyes, abying, abought (transitive) (archaic) to pay the penalty for; redeem