| Abor, abor | abortion |
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| D&E | diet and elimination; dilation and evacuation [partial birth abortion] |
| EAB | elective abortion; Ethics Advisory Board |
| EAV | equine abortion virus |
| EB | elective abortion; electron beam; elementary body; emotional behavior; endometrial biopsy; epidermol... |
| septic abortion | An infectious abortion complicated by fever, endometritis, and parametritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| spontaneous abortion | The sudden unplanned evacuation of the uterus. (27 Sep 1997) |
| illegal abortion | Termination of pregnancy without legal justification. Synonym: illegal abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| imminent abortion | An impending abortion characterised by copious vaginal bleeding, uterine contractions, and cervical dilation. Synonym: imminent abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incipient abortion | An impending abortion characterised by copious vaginal bleeding, uterine contractions, and cervical dilation. Synonym: imminent abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incomplete abortion | <obstetrics> A clinical situation where the foetus has died but has not been completely expelled from the uterus. (13 Nov 1997) |
| induced abortion | An abortion brought on purposefully by drugs or mechanical means. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inevitable abortion | An abortion characterised by rupture of the membranes in the presence of cervical dilation in a previable pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infected abortion | A septic complication of an abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic abortion | An abortion induced because of the mother's physical or mental health, or to prevent birth of a deformed child or a child resulting from rape. (05 Mar 2000) |
| threatened abortion | <obstetrics> A clinical diagnosis that is made in females in the first trimester of pregnancy who present with vaginal bleeding and lower abdominal pain. This diagnosis can only be made after all other causes for these same symptoms have been excluded, through testing and physical examination. (27 Sep 1997) |
| elective abortion | The planned termination of a pregnancy. (27 Sep 1997) |
| enzootic abortion of ewes | A specific infectious abortion of sheep caused by Chlamydia psittaci. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine abortion virus | <virology> A herpesvirus reported in the U.S. Europe, and South Africa, causing equine rhinopneumonitis and equine virus abortion. Synonym: equine abortion virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine virus abortion | A highly contagious abortion of mares, caused by equine rhinopneumonitis virus, a member of the family Herpesviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |