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incomplete abortion

American  

noun

  1. a miscarriage in which some fetal or placental tissue remains in the uterus.


Etymology

Origin of incomplete abortion

First recorded in 1850–55

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She took abortion pills ordered online when she found out she was pregnant, and, like Thurman, had an incomplete abortion.

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She took abortion pills ordered online, and, like Thurman, had an incomplete abortion.

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She took abortion pills ordered online, but, like Thurman, had an incomplete abortion.

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Amber Thurman, 28, languished in a suburban Atlanta hospital for 20 hours before doctors performed a D&C to treat sepsis that resulted from an incomplete abortion.

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Patients who induce abortions with only misoprostol are more likely to experience side effects like discomfort, cramps, vomiting, fevers and incomplete abortion.

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