abortifacient
abortifacient · abortifacients
абортивное средство
A drug or an agent that induces an abortionA drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
US/əˌbɔɹ.təˈfeɪ.ʃn̩t/
» Things like the ‘morning-after pill’ can just be reclassified as an abortifacient instead of as a contraceptive.
Meaning
1 sensesA drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
абортивное средствоabortivnoje sredstvo
a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
Examples
2 sentencesThings like the ‘morning-after pill’ can just be reclassified as an abortifacient instead of as a contraceptive.
The above articles are a small sample of public information regarding the abortifacient nature of most so-called contraception birth control.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
agent that causes premature delivery:
Origin
First attested in 1875. abort + -facient (“causing an”), from Latin facere (“to make”).First attested in 1875. abort + -facient (“causing an”), from Latin facere (“to make”).
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Forms
plural: abortifacients| Singular | abortifacient |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion:aborticideabortion-inducing drug