abortiv

abortiv

1. abortive

Borrowed from Latin abortīvus.

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abortiv (strong nominative masculine singular abortiver, comparative abortiver, superlative am abortivsten)

1. abortive

From Latin abortīvus (“pertaining to an abortion, miscarriage; born prematurely”), from aborior (“I disappear; miscarry, am aborted (of a baby)”), a compound from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from orior (“I rise, appear, am born”), from Proto-Italic *orjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir, rise, spring”). Equivalent to abort +‎ -iv, with the suffix from French -if (“-ive”), from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHwós, from *-wós (creates adjectives from verb stems).

• IPA^(key): /abɔˈʈiːʋ/, /abɔʁˈtiːʋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːʋ
• Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧iv

abortiv n (definite singular abortivet, indefinite plural abortiver, definite plural abortiva or abortivene)

1. (pharmacology) an abortifacient (a drug or an agent that induces an abortion)
2. (pharmacology) a remedy in an abortive treatment

• Until a 1995 spelling decision, this was standardised as a pluralia tantum.[1]

abortiv (masculine and feminine abortiv, neuter abortivt, definite singular and plural abortive, comparative mer abortiv, superlative mest abortiv)

1. (medicine) abortive (produced by abortion; born prematurely)
   • 1934, Eugenia Kielland, Samtiden:

     opfinnsomhet har forfatteren nok av; men hans fantasi er abortiv, den føder ikke levende barn

     ingenuity the author has plenty of; but his imagination is abortive, it does not give birth to living child

2. (pharmacology, medicine) abortive, abortifacient (causing an abortion)

   abortive midler

   abortive agents

3. (medicine) abortive (cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease))

   abortivt tilfelle av poliomyelitt

   abortive case of poliomyelitis

   et abortivt migreneanfall

   an abortive migraine attack

• abort (“abortion”)
• abortivkur (“cure to stop a disease in its earliest stage”)

• “abortiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abortiv” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abortiv” in Store medisinske leksikon

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From Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orior (“appear, be born, arise”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑbɔˈʈiːʋ/, /ɑbɔʁˈtiːʋ/
• Rhymes: -iːʋ
• Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧iv

abortiv n (definite singular abortivet, indefinite plural abortiv, definite plural abortiva)

1. (pharmacology) an abortifacient (a drug or an agent that induces an abortion)
2. (pharmacology) a remedy in an abortive treatment

• Until a 1995 spelling decision, this was standardised as a pluralia tantum.[1]

abortiv (neuter abortivt, definite singular and plural abortive, comparative meir abortiv, superlative mest abortiv)

1. (medicine) abortive (produced by abortion; born prematurely)
2. (pharmacology, medicine) abortive, abortifacient (causing an abortion)
3. (medicine) abortive (cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease))

• abort
• abortivkur

• “abortiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Cf. Norwegian Bokmål “abortiv” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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From French abortif.

abortiv n (plural abortivi)

1. abortive