aborted

English

Etymology

From abort +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbɔɹtɪd/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Adjective

aborted (not comparable)

1. Brought forth prematurely.
2. Checked in normal development at an early stage.

   Spines are aborted branches.

3. (biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
   • 1855, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals:

     The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state.

Derived terms

• nonaborted
• unaborted

 

Translations

brought forth prematurely

• Catalan: avortat (ca)
• Dutch: geaborteerd (nl), voortijdig geboren
• French: avorté (fr) m
• Portuguese: abortado (pt)
• Spanish: abortado (es)
• Swedish: aborterad (sv)

checked in development at an early stage

• French: avorté (fr) m
• Spanish: abortado (es)

rendered abortive or sterile

• Dutch: rudimentair (nl)
• Spanish: abortado (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} abortate
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} terminato (it)

Verb

aborted

1. simple past and past participle of abort

Anagrams

• Bretado, borated, tabored, to-bread