| NOUN | act | induced abortion | a deliberate termination of pregnancy |
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| Meaning | A deliberate termination of pregnancy. | |
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| Narrower | aborticide, feticide | The act of destroying a fetus |
| suction curettage, vacuum aspiration | A method of induced abortion | |
| therapeutic abortion | A legally induced abortion for medical reasons (as when the mother's life is threatened) | |
| Broader | abortion | termination of pregnancy |