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imminent_abortion

imminent abortion

English

Noun

imminent abortion (plural imminent abortions)

  1. (medicine) An impending miscarriage indicated by bleeding and pain along with an effaced cervix.

References

  • Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940) Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, ISBN 0-8036-8313-8, published 1993, page 7