Word Meanings - ABORTIONIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who procures abortion or miscarriage.

Related words: (words related to ABORTIONIST)

• ABORTION
  Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. 4. Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his
• MISCARRIAGEABLE
  Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. Bp. Hall.
• ABORTIONAL
  Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. Carlyle.
• MISCARRIAGE
  1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination. When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. Dryden. 2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior;
• ABORTIONIST
  One who procures abortion or miscarriage.
• PROCURESS
  A female procurer, or pander.