abortive

  • 21abortive — adj. Abortive is used with these nouns: ↑attempt, ↑coup …

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  • 22abortive — adjective 1》 failing to produce the intended result: an abortive coup. 2》 Biology, dated (of an organ or organism) rudimentary; arrested in development. Derivatives abortively adverb …

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  • 23abortive — adjective the abortive coup was crushed after two days of fighting Syn: unsuccessful, failed, vain, thwarted, futile, useless, worthless, ineffective, ineffectual, to no effect, inefficacious, fruitless, unproductive, unavailing, to no avail,… …

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  • 24abortive — [əˈbɔːtɪv] adj not finished, and therefore not successful abortive peace negotiations[/ex] …

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  • 25abortive — a•bor•tive [[t]əˈbɔr tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) failing to succeed; unsuccessful; fruitless: an abortive rebellion[/ex] 2) born prematurely 3) imperfectly developed; rudimentary 4) med producing or intended to produce abortion; abortifacient 5) med acting… …

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  • 26abortive — /əˈbɔtɪv/ (say uh bawtiv) adjective 1. failing to succeed; miscarrying: an abortive scheme. 2. born prematurely. 3. imperfectly developed; rudimentary. 4. Medicine a. producing or intended to produce abortion; abortifacient. b. acting to halt… …

  • 27Abortive polio — is a minor illness. It accounts for 80 90% of clinically apparent cases of polio infection, chiefly in young children. It does not involve the CNS. The usual symptoms are slight fever, malaise, headache, sore throat and vomiting which hit 3 5… …

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  • 28Abortive medication — (such as the Triptans) is used to interrupt an attack or episode of severe headache. ee also* Prophylaxis * Cluster Headache * Migraine …

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  • 29abortive pollen — abortive pollen. См. абортивная пыльца. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

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  • 30abortive transcription — abortive transcription. См. абортивная транскрипция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.