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nounhabitual aborter (plural habitual aborters)
plural habitual aborters
- medicineA person who has had three or more consecutive miscarriages due to an underlying condition.
For habitual aborters, are very rarely attacked with the more common affections belonging to pregnancy.
1826, William Dewees, chapter 9, in A Treatise on the Diseases of Females, Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, page 118Synonyms: recurrent aborter
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nounA person who has had three or more consecutive miscarriages due to an underlying condition.
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