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abortivity en · NOUN

Etymology

From abortive + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:chiefly non-native speakers' English, uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
    • Abortivity is very high in the first month of gestation, decreases rapidly in the others and slightly increases just in the period close preceding the birth. 1918, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, volume XIX, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 176:

Synonyms

abortiveness