abortive

Meaning of abortive

noun
  1. That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
  2. A fruitless effort or issue.
  3. A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.

verb

To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.

adjective
  1. Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
    an abortive child
  2. Coming to nothing; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful.
    an abortive attempt
  3. Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
    an abortive organ
  4. (pharmaceutical effect) Causing abortion; abortifacient
    abortive medicines
  5. Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
    abortive treatment of typhoid fever
  6. Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
    abortive vellum

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Hyphenation of abortive

abortive

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • abortive is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

abortive synonyms

Meaning stillborn:

stillborn, unsuccessful

Translation of abortive

Anagrams of abortive

bravoite, overbait

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