abortion of pneumonia

A distinction is sometimes made between abortion and miscarriage, the former signifying the emptying of the uterus prior to the fourth month of pregnancy, the latter during the fourth, fifth, or sixth month; premature delivery noting the delivery of a viable fetus after the beginning of the seventh month and before full term, artifi'cial a., induced a. conta'gio us a., infectious a. crim'inal a., an a. produced artificially, the fetus being alive, and the interruption of the pregnancy not being nece itated by the state of the mother's health, em'bryonal or embryon'ic a., expulsion of the embryo prior to the fifth month of pregnancy, true abortion. f e'tal a., miscarriage, a. during the fifth or sixth month, habit'ual a., a. recurring, usually at about the same period, with each pregnancy. incomplete' a., expulsion of the ovum with retention of the membranes, induced' a., a. brought on by drugs or mechanical means. infec'tiouB a., a disease attacking cows with calf, the most striking symptom of which is abortion; it is caused by the presence of Bacillus abortus, and it may occur in the human female, mi ed a., the long retention in the uterus, and subsequent expulsion, of a dead embryo, ov'ular a., expulsion of the ovum in the first week or two of pregnancy, tu'bal a., rupture of an oviduct which is the seat of an ectopic pregnancy.