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abortivity

abortivity noun: the quality of being abortive.

Noun

abortivity (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly non-native speakers' English) The quality of being abortive.
    • Abortivity is very high in the first month of gestation, decreases rapidly in the others and slightly increases just in the period close preceding the birth.1918, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, volume XIX, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 176
    Synonyms:
    abortiveness

Synonyms of abortivity

Origin of abortivity

From abortive + -ity.

Questions about abortivity

What does abortivity mean?
Abortivity means the quality of being abortive.
What part of speech is abortivity?
Abortivity is a noun.

Words near abortivity in the dictionary

  1. abortively
  2. abortiveness
  3. abortivenesses
  4. abortives
  5. abortiving
  6. abortivity
  7. abortment
  8. abortments
  9. abortogenic
  10. abortogenics
  11. abortoria

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