abortive
/əˈbɔːtɪv/adjective
1
- failing to produce the intended results失败的, 无结果的：
she made two abortive attempts at suicide.
她两次自杀未遂。
2
- Biology, dated (of an organ or organism) rudimentary; arrested in development【生】〈旧〉（器官, 有机体）未发育的, 发育不全的, 败育的：
abortive medusae.
发育不全的水母。
2.1
- Medicine (of a virus infection) failing to produce symptoms【医】（病毒感染）没有产生症状的。
3
- rare causing or resulting in abortion〈罕〉引起（或导致）流产的。
派生词
abortively
adverb词源
Middle English (as a noun denoting a stillborn child or animal)： via Old French from Latin abortivus, from aboriri 'miscarry' （see ABORT）.