abortivity
nounEtymology From abortive + -ity.
1
The quality of being abortive.
Chiefly non-native speakers' English
- Abortivity is very high in the first month of gestation, decreases rapidly in the others and slightly increases just in the period close preceding the birth.1918, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, volume XIX, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 176: