Meaning

1 senses

  1. Producing miscarriage.

    абортивныйabortivnyj

More definitions
  • causing abortion

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Things like the ‘morning-after pill’ can just be reclassified as an abortifacient instead of as a contraceptive.

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  2. The above articles are a small sample of public information regarding the abortifacient nature of most so-called contraception birth control.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
producing miscarriage:

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

more abortifacient, most abortifacient

Synonyms

1 synonyms
abortifactive

Word family

1 related words
Derivedantiabortifacient

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
aboriginalB2aborigineB1abortabortionaboundC1aboutA1

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