abormally.html - adj.
away from or opposite the mouth. [AB- + ORAL]

abormally.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 (of races and natural phenomena) inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists.
2 (usu. Aboriginal) of the Australian Aboriginals.

--n.

1 an aboriginal inhabitant.
2 (usu. Aboriginal) an aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.

aboriginally adv. [as ABORIGINE + -AL]

abormally.html - n.
(usu. in pl.)
1 an aboriginal inhabitant.
2 (usu. Aborigine) an aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.

Aboriginal is preferred, esp. in the singular.
3 an aboriginal plant or animal. [back-form. f. pl. aborigines f. L, prob. f. phr. ab origine from the beginning]

abormally.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. a (of a woman) undergo abortion; miscarry. b (of a foetus) suffer abortion.
2 tr. a effect the abortion of (a foetus). b effect abortion in (a mother).
3 a tr. cause to end fruitlessly or prematurely; stop in the early stages. b intr. end unsuccessfully or prematurely.
4 a tr. abandon or terminate (a space flight or other technical project) before its completion, usu. because of a fault. b intr. terminate or fail to complete such an undertaking.
5 Biol. a intr. (of an organism) remain undeveloped; shrink away. b tr. cause to do this.

--n.

1 a prematurely terminated space flight or other undertaking.
2 the termination of such an undertaking. [L aboriri miscarry (as AB-, oriri ort- be born)]

abormally.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

effecting abortion.

--n.

a drug or other agent that effects abortion.

abormally.html - n.
1 the expulsion of a foetus (naturally or esp. by medical induction) from the womb before it is able to survive independently, esp. in the first 28 weeks of a human pregnancy.
2 a stunted or deformed creature or thing.
3 the failure of a project or an action.
4 Biol. the arrest of the development of an organ. [L abortio (as ABORT)]