Abortifacient Definition

ə-bôrtə-fāshənt
adjective
Causing abortion.
Webster's New World
Causing abortion.
American Heritage Medicine

Producing miscarriage. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

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noun
A drug or agent that causes abortion.
Webster's New World
A substance or device used to induce abortion.
American Heritage Medicine

(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.[First attested in the mid 19th century.]

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Other Word Forms of Abortifacient

Noun

Singular:
abortifacient
Plural:
abortifacients

Origin of Abortifacient

  • First attested in 1875. abortion +‎ -facient (“causing an”), from Latin facere (“to make”).

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Abortifacient Sentence Examples

  • The oil of savin is now occasionally used criminally as an abortifacient.

  • At high doses, in monkeys, abortifacient effects were observed with other interferons (see section 5.3 ).

  • News, 30 April 2003 British nurses are calling for tighter regulations on how the abortifacient morning-after pill is handed out by pharmacists.

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