misabort
misabort verb: to spontaneously abort.
Verb
misabort (third-person singular simple present misaborts, present participle misaborting, simple past and past participle misaborted)
- To spontaneously abort.
- Between 6 and 9 per cent of our patients referred for diagnosis miscarry or misabort before villus sampling is carried out.1991, D. T. Y. Liu, A Practical Guide to Chorion Villus Sampling, page 117
- I just had an IUD removed, and the baby I was carrying with the IUD misaborted.2001, Cynthia A. Williams, Charles A. Williams, Deborah McMullan, One of Those Women, page 37
Forms of misabort
| third-person singular present | misaborts |
|---|---|
| present participle | misaborting |
| past participle | misaborted |
| past | misaborted |
Origin of misabort
From mis- + abort.
Questions about misabort
- What does misabort mean?
- Misabort means to spontaneously abort.
- What part of speech is misabort?
- Misabort is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misabort?
- The past tense of misabort is misaborted.
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