Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aborted"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Aborted \A*bort"ed\, a.
1. Brought forth prematurely.

2. (Biol.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked
in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines
are aborted branches.

The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted
in their mature state. --Owen.


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