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THREATENED ABORTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does threatened abortion mean?
• THREATENED ABORTION (noun)
The noun THREATENED ABORTION has 1 sense:
1. the appearance of symptoms that signal the impending loss of the products of conception
Familiarity information: THREATENED ABORTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The appearance of symptoms that signal the impending loss of the products of conception
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
imminent abortion; threatened abortion
Hypernyms ("threatened abortion" is a kind of...):
miscarriage; spontaneous abortion; stillbirth (a natural loss of the products of conception)
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