(dated) The immature product of an untimely birth. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
A monstrosity; a misshapen person. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
(figuratively) Failure of a promise or a goal. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
Any fruit or produce which is interrupted in its progress before it is matured or perfect; an idea, project, or anything that does not come to maturity.
(chiefly art) Something ugly, an artistic atrocity.
The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
An unpleasant or poorly executed idea or project.
The act of aborting (an undertaking, such as a project or trip).
