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THERAPEUTIC ABORTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does therapeutic abortion mean?
• THERAPEUTIC ABORTION (noun)
The noun THERAPEUTIC ABORTION has 1 sense:
1. a legally induced abortion for medical reasons (as when the mother's life is threatened)
Familiarity information: THERAPEUTIC ABORTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legally induced abortion for medical reasons (as when the mother's life is threatened)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("therapeutic abortion" is a kind of...):
induced abortion (a deliberate termination of pregnancy)
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