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nounabortivity (uncountable)
- uncountablechiefly non-native speakers' EnglishThe quality of being abortive.
Abortivity is very high in the first month of gestation, decreases rapidly in the others and slightly increases just in the period close preceding the birth.
1918, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, volume XIX, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 176Synonyms: abortiveness
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nounThe quality of being abortive.
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