abortus provocatus

Borrowed from New Latin abortus prōvocātus (“induced abortion”).

• IPA^(key): /aːˈbɔr.tʏs ˌproː.voːˈkaːtʏs/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: abor‧tus pro‧vo‧ca‧tus

abortus provocatus m (uncountable)

1. abortion, induced abortion

   Synonyms: abortus, vruchtafdrijving, zwangerschapsonderbreking

From New Latin abortus prōvocātus (“induced abortion”), first part from Latin abortus (“premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage”), perfect active participle of 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”). Last part from New Latin prōvocātus (“challenged, provoked”), perfect passive participle of prōvocō (“I challenge, provoke”), from both prō- (“in front of”), from prō (“for, before”), from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“toward, forward”), from *pró (“toward, leading to”), from *per- (“before”) + and from vocō (“I call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ- (“voice, speech”), from *wekʷ- (“to speak”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʈʉs prʊʋʊˈkɑːtʉs/, /aˈbɔʁtʉs prʊʋʊˈkɑːtʉs/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʉs
• Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧us‧pro‧vo‧cat‧us

abortus provocatus

1. (medicine) an artificially induced abortion
   • 1938, Alf B. Bryn, Peter van Heeren mottar opdrag av enhver art, page 130:

     da jeg var ung pike [var det] ingen av oss hadde lært noe om abortus provocatus

     when I was a young girl [it was] none of us had learned anything about abortus provocatus

   • 1974, Bergens Tidende:

     også her i Norge misbrukes abortus provocatus som prevensjonsmiddel

     also here in Norway abortus provocatus is abused as a contraceptive

   • 1951, Arthur Omre, Flukten, page 85:

     på en eller annen måte kom de inn på abortus provocatus. De ble gode og spisse mot hverandre og hatet hverandre fra første øyeblikk

     somehow they got into abortus provocatus. They became good and sharp towards each other and hated each other from the first moment

• provocatus “abortus provocatus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abortus provocatus” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).