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a•bor•tus
(ə bôr′təs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tus•es.
- Medicine
- immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- an aborted fetus.
- Neo-Latin, Latin: miscarriage, equivalent. to abor(īrī) to miscarry (see abort) + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
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