misabort

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ abort

Verb

misabort (third-person singular simple present misaborts, present participle misaborting, simple past and past participle misaborted)

1. (rare) To spontaneously abort.
   • 1991, D. T. Y. Liu, A Practical Guide to Chorion Villus Sampling, page 117:

     Between 6 and 9 per cent of our patients referred for diagnosis miscarry or misabort before villus sampling is carried out.

   • 2001, Cynthia A. Williams, Charles A. Williams, Deborah McMullan, One of Those Women, page 37:

     I just had an IUD removed, and the baby I was carrying with the IUD misaborted.

   • 2013, Mitchell S. Golbus, D. T. Y. Liu, E. M. Symonds, Chorion Villus Sampling, page 93:

     One fetus showed an abnormal cytogenetic pattern (45,XO) and this misaborted during the first trimester while the other fetus continued to do well.