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ABORTICIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aborticide mean? 

ABORTICIDE (noun)
  The noun ABORTICIDE has 2 senses:

1. a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortionplay

2. the act of destroying a fetusplay

  Familiarity information: ABORTICIDE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABORTICIDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aborticide; abortifacient; abortion-inducing drug

Hypernyms ("aborticide" is a kind of...):

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aborticide"):

abortion pill; mifepristone; RU 486 (an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of destroying a fetus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

aborticide; feticide

Hypernyms ("aborticide" is a kind of...):

induced abortion (a deliberate termination of pregnancy)


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