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{{Infobox_Disease
| Name = Induced abortion
| Image = AngkorWatAbortionAD1150.JPG
| Caption = [[Bas-relief]] at [[Angkor Wat]], [[Cambodia]], c. 1150, depicting a [[demon]] inducing an abortion by pounding the abdomen of a pregnant woman with a [[pestle]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Potts M ''et al.'' |title=Thousand-year-old depictions of massage abortion |journal=Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care |volume=33 |pages=234 |year=2007 |quote=at Angkor, the operator is a demon.}} Also see {{cite book |author=Mould R |title=Mould's Medical Anecdotes |pages=406 |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |year=1996}}</ref>
| ICD10 = {{ICD10|O|04||o|00}}
| ICD9 = {{ICD9|779.6}}
| DiseasesDB = 4153
| ICDO =
| OMIM =
| MedlinePlus = 002912
| eMedicineSubj = article
| eMedicineTopic = 252560
| MeshID =
}}
'''Abortion''' is the termination of a [[pregnancy (mammals)|pregnancy]] by the removal or expulsion from the [[uterus]] of a [[fetus]] or [[embryo]], resulting in or caused by its death.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/?id=KiRHpRl7TjsC&pg=PA173 |title=Gynaecology for Lawyers |author=Dutt T, Matthews MP |volume=14 |series-title=Medico-legal practitioner series |publisher=Routledge |year=1998 |isbn=9781859412152}}</ref> An abortion can occur spontaneously due to [[complication (medicine)|complications]] during pregnancy or can be induced, in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the [[gravidity|gravida]] (pregnant female) is termed a ''therapeutic abortion'', while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an ''elective abortion''. The term ''abortion'' most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a [[pregnancy|human pregnancy]], while spontaneous abortions are usually termed [[miscarriage]]s. <!--Annotation: This paragraph serves to disambiguate abortion terminology and and types-->
