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A drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
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abortifacient
Word definitions for abortifacient in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abortive \A*bor"tive\, n. That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Obs.] --Shak. A fruitless effort or issue. [Obs.] A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion; -- also called an abortifacient . --Dunglison.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Producing miscarriage. (First attested in the mid 19 th century.) (R:SOED5: page=7) n. (context pharmacology English) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion. (R:MW3 1976: page=5) (First attested in the mid 19 th century.)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1875, noun and adjective, from Latin abortus (see abortive ) + facientem "making," related to facere "do" (see factitious ). An earlier word for this in the noun sense was abortive (1640s).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An abortifacient ("that which will cause a miscarriage " from Latin : abortus "miscarriage" and faciens "making") is a substance that induces abortion . Abortifacients for animals that have mated undesirably are known as mismating shots . Common abortifacients ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. causing abortion n. a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion [syn: aborticide , abortion-inducing drug ]
Usage examples of abortifacient.
It was the abortifacient, she was sure, that was what she was using to detect Sime fetuses.
The same women that despised Sky Eyes, that gossiped about her and futilely forbade their sons to come near her, they came for abortifacients, joint easers, the silvery drink that brought one out of a dark mood, a dozen other things.
It was used in many of our potions, from the sleeping potions and pain-killers to the abortifacients and life-drainers.
I do not dispense abortifacients except in extreme cases when the life of mother and child both are at risk.
Besides her abortifacients, Anghariad had other strange things for sale to the right customers.