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ABORTIFACIENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abortifacient mean?
• ABORTIFACIENT (noun)
The noun ABORTIFACIENT has 1 sense:
1. a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
Familiarity information: ABORTIFACIENT used as a noun is very rare.
• ABORTIFACIENT (adjective)
The adjective ABORTIFACIENT has 1 sense:
1. causing abortion
Familiarity information: ABORTIFACIENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("abortifacient" is a kind of...):
drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abortifacient"):
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)
Derivation:
abortifacient (causing abortion)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing abortion
Similar:
causative (producing an effect)
Derivation:
abortifacient (a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion)
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