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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

• THREATENED ABORTION (noun)

Sense 1

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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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