Obs. [f. ABORT v. + -MENT; cf. Fr. avortement, f. avorter to abort. See also ABORSEMENT.] The action of aborting; premature expulsion of the fœtus.
1607. Topsell, Four-footed Beasts (1673), 18. The Mare shall suffer abortment.
1652. Culpeper, Eng. Phys., 86. They are dangerous for women with childe … they cause abortment.
