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abortifacient
[ uh-bawr-tuh-fey-shuhnt ]
noun
- a drug or device used to cause abortion:
a biochemical abortifacient in pill form.
abortifacient
/ əˌbɔːtɪˈfeɪʃənt /
adjective
- causing abortion
noun
- a drug or agent that causes abortion
Word History and Origins
Origin of abortifacient1
Example Sentences
This means if prosecutors want to go after a woman, they can claim the aspirin she took for a headache was an abortifacient.
But medical science is clear: emergency contraception is not an abortifacient.
Unfavorable publicity, the abortifacient of new enterprises, would mean you could hardly give the stuff away.
It is also used as an abortifacient, but is too mild a uterine stimulant to be reliable for that purpose.
Amongst them must theoretically be included all abortifacient drugs.
The oil of savin is now occasionally used criminally as an abortifacient.
It is sometimes taken as an abortifacient or given as an aphrodisiac, but whether it has any such action is open to question.
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