ABORTION PILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abortion pill mean? 

• ABORTION PILL (noun)
  The noun ABORTION PILL has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ABORTION PILL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABORTION PILL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

abortion pill; mifepristone; RU 486

Hypernyms ("abortion pill" is a kind of...):

aborticide; abortifacient; abortion-inducing drug (a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion)