abortive
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adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.Examples: "an abortive child"; "Thou elvish-marked, abortive, rooting hog!"obsolete
2. (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.Examples: "an abortive organ"; "an abortive stamen"; "an abortive ovule"
3. (medicine, pharmacology, rare) Causing abortion; abortifacient.Examples: "abortive medicines"; "Each country may have a different prevalence of infectious abortive agents. The most common agents of abortion in cattle are Brucella spp., Campylobacter spp., Chlamydiaceae, Coxiella burnetii, Leptospira spp., […]"rare
4. (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).Examples: "abortive treatment of typhoid fever"; "Even with prophylaxis, children often experience episodic breakthrough headaches that require abortive treatment. […] Abortive therapies in the ED include dopamine antagonists and anti-inflammatory agents."
5. (medicine, of a disease) Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.obsolete
2. (obsolete) A fruitless effort.obsolete
3. (obsolete) A medicine that causes abortion, an abortifacient.obsolete
4. (obsolete) A medicine or treatment acting to halt or slow the progress of a disease.Examples: "Naphthalin was praised by Rosbach as an abortive in typhoid fever; Kraemer in 1886, Wilcox in 1887, Sehwald in 1889 and Wolff of Philadelphia in 1891 confirmed Rosbach's observations."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.obsoletetransitive
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