threatened abortion

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/

Noun

threatened abortion (plural threatened abortions)

1. (medicine) A condition approximating an imminent abortion, where there is bleeding but the fetus remains attached to the uterine wall.

References

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