Preferred Name

Abortion

Synonyms

Induced Abortion

Definitions

<p>An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. It can be done two different ways:</p> <ul> <li>Medication abortion, which uses medicines to end the pregnancy. It is sometimes called a "medical abortion" or "abortion with pills."</li> <li>Procedural abortion, a procedure to remove the pregnancy from the uterus. It is sometimes called a "surgical abortion."</li> </ul> <p>If you are thinking of having an abortion, talk with your health care provider. Your provider can explain how the procedures are done, as well as the risks and benefits of each.</p>

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0392535

altLabel

Induced Abortion

cui

C0392535

Date created

03/19/2002

definition

An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. It can be done two different ways:

  • Medication abortion, which uses medicines to end the pregnancy. It is sometimes called a "medical abortion" or "abortion with pills."
  • Procedural abortion, a procedure to remove the pregnancy from the uterus. It is sometimes called a "surgical abortion."

If you are thinking of having an abortion, talk with your health care provider. Your provider can explain how the procedures are done, as well as the risks and benefits of each.

Inverse of SY

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0392535

Mapped from

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0392535

Mapped to

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0392535

MP OTHER LANGUAGE URL

Vietnamese https://medlineplus.gov/languages/abortion.html#Vietnamese

Chinese, Simplified (Mandarin dialect) https://medlineplus.gov/languages/abortion.html#Chinese, Simplified (Mandarin dialect)

Hindi https://medlineplus.gov/languages/abortion.html#Hindi

Spanish https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/abortion.html

Spanish https://medlineplus.gov/languages/abortion.html#Spanish

Chinese, Traditional (Cantonese dialect) https://medlineplus.gov/languages/abortion.html#Chinese, Traditional (Cantonese dialect)

notation

C0392535

prefLabel

Abortion

Scope Statement

An abortion is a medical procedure to end a pregnancy. It uses medicine or surgery to remove the embryo or fetus and placenta from the uterus. https://medlineplus.gov/abortion.html

tui

T061

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0700038

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C1456602

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