aborted

Etymology

From abort + -ed.

adj

  1. Brought forth prematurely.
  2. Checked in normal development at an early stage.
    Spines are aborted branches.
  3. (biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
    The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. 1855, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of abort

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