abortifacient
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- adjective
- /əˌbɔːrtɪˈfeɪʃənt/
- Specialized
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abortivo
- According to Ravenholt, pressure by the Catholic hierarchy not only cost him his position but deprived American women of two important fertility control products: Depo-Provera, a contraceptive approved for use in over 90 countries; and RU-486, the abortifacient pill currently in use in France and Britain.
- abortifacient drug
Examples
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The clinical effects of combination abortifacient therapy were also assessed.
Academic text (1992) -
Its roots and flowers became a powerful abortifacient when brewed into tea.
Fiction book (1994) -
Now that we know more about how the pill and IUD work, we know that they have abortifacient properties.
Blog text (1) -
The pharmacist insisted that the medication is an abortifacient—a drug that induces abortion—and demanded to know if the patient had had an abortion.
Academic text (2011) -
Both the State Department (Altman, 1991) and the Food and Drug Administration are preventing the importing and testing of RU 486, a French abortifacient drug (Lacer, 1991).
Academic text (1991) -
The herbal tea was known to contain an abortifacient ingredient that could terminate a pregnancy.
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Some ancient cultures used abortifacient plants to control fertility and ensure population stability.
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Medical researchers are studying new abortifacient compounds to improve women's reproductive health options.
Synonyms
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9.9
Relating to or causing the ending of a pregnancy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
As an adjective, abortifacient uses the same parts: abort- 'to miscarry' and -facient 'to make', so it describes a drug or thing that 'causes' abortion.