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abortifacient
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a·bor·ti·fa·cient  (-bôrt-fshnt)
adj.
Causing abortion.
n.
A substance or device used to induce abortion.
abortifacient [əˌbɔːtɪˈfeɪʃənt]
adj
(Medicine) causing abortion
n
(Medicine) a drug or agent that causes abortion
abortifacient
Cf. aborticide, 2.
See also: Abortion
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.abortifacient - a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortionabortifacient - a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
aborticide, abortion-inducing drug
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
drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
Adj.1.abortifacient - causing abortion
causative - producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"
Translations
abortifacient [əˌbɔːtɪˈfeɪʃənt]
A. ADJ → abortivo
B. N → abortivo m
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A sad commentary on a Church that in the Middle Ages was, through monasteries and nunneries, the repository of information on abortifacients.
Fr. de Valk's 'diatribe' by Perkins, Jeffrey / Catholic Insight
Women Harmed by Abortifacients Sold over the Internet Over 10% of women who bought abortifacients over the Internet, killing their unborn babies without medical supervision, needed surgical intervention, "either because the drugs had not completed the abortion or because of excessive bleeding," according to the BBC.
Pro-Life News in Brief by National Right to Life News
through semantic manipulation, openly promote abortifacients as contraceptives, hoodwinking overworked physicians and busy women alike.
Growing debate over abortifacients: abortifacients, drugs or agents ... by Shibler, Ann / The New American
 
 
 
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