abortus
[
uh
-
bawr
-t
uh
s]
/əˈbɔr təs/
noun
,
plural
abortuses.
1.
Medicine/Medical
.
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
an aborted fetus.
Origin
<
Neo-Latin,
Latin:
miscarriage, equivalent to
abor
(
īrī
) to miscarry (see
abort
) +
-tus
suffix of v. action
Examples from the web for
abortus
The bacterium brucella
abortus
is the principal cause of brucellosis in cattle.
abortus
in Medicine
abortus
a·bor·tus (ə-bôr'təs)
n.
The product or products of an abortion.