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ABORTIFACIENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
Synonyms:
aborticide; abortifacient; abortion-inducing drug
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("abortifacient" is a kind of...):
drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abortifacient"):
abortion pill; mifepristone; RU 486 (an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo)
Derivation:
abortifacient (causing abortion)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing abortion
Classified under:
Similar:
causative (producing an effect)
Derivation:
abortifacient (a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion)
