abortifacient
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a·bor·ti·fa·cient
(ə-bôr′tə-fā′shənt)adj.
Causing abortion.
n.
A substance or device used to induce abortion.
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abortifacient
(əˌbɔːtɪˈfeɪʃənt)adj
(Medicine) causing abortion
n
(Medicine) a drug or agent that causes abortion
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a•bor•ti•fa•cient
(əˌbɔr təˈfeɪ ʃənt)adj.
1. causing abortion.
n. 2. a drug or device for inducing abortion.
[1870–75]
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abortifacient
Cf. aborticide, 2.
See also: Abortion-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
a·bor·ti·fa·cient
n. abortivo, estimulante para inducir un aborto.
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abortifacient
adj & n abortivoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.