A fetus or embryo that has been aborted or miscarried; the product of abortion.
From Latin abortus, the noun form of aboriri (to miscarry). This is the direct Latin term used in medical and legal contexts to refer to the biological material from a terminated pregnancy.
Medieval and modern medical terminology preserved this Latin term because it allowed doctors to discuss pregnancy loss with anatomical precision, separating the clinical observation from moral judgment.
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