All 3 Uses of
abort
in
The Hot Zone
- The woman then aborted spontaneously, and the nun who assisted at this grotesque delivery came away from the experience with blood on her hands.†
p. 104.2 *aborted = terminated (stopped) before completion
- The virus is a catastrophe for a pregnant woman: the child is aborted spontaneously and is usually infected with Ebola virus, born with red eyes and a bloody nose.†
p. 107.8
- The room had been abandoned in the middle of childbirths, where dying mothers had aborted fetuses infected with Ebola.†
p. 126.4
Definition:
terminate (stop) before completion