abortifacient
A drug or an agent that induces an abortionA drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
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 languagesBy meaning 1
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 synonyms- a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion:aborticideabortion-inducing drug
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.