partial

/ˈpär-shəl/

Middle English parcial, from Late Latin partialis, from Latin part-, pars part

adjective

  1. of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total

  2. inclined to favor one party more than the other : biased

  3. markedly fond of someone or something —used with to

a partial solution

noun

  1. overtone

noun

  1. dilation and extraction

… upholding a ban on so-called partial-birth abortion, a nonmedical term devised by the powerful antichoice lobby to attack a particular late-term abortion procedure.