| imminent abortion | An impending abortion characterised by copious vaginal bleeding, uterine contractions, and cervical dilation. Synonym: imminent abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| epizootic bovine abortion | An infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the tick Ornithodoros coriaceus and manifested as abortion or weak calves at birth; occurs in the foothills of California, Nevada, and Oregon. Synonym: foothill abortion. (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) |
| tubal abortion | The rupture of an oviduct, the seat of ectopic pregnancy, or extrusion of the product of conception through the fimbriated end of the oviduct; aborted ectopic pregnancy, the pregnancy having originated in the fallopian tubes. Synonym: aborted ectopic pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foothill abortion | An infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the tick Ornithodoros coriaceus and manifested as abortion or weak calves at birth; occurs in the foothills of California, Nevada, and Oregon. Synonym: foothill abortion. (05 Mar 2000) |