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When taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo
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mifepristone
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n. (context steroid drug English) A steroid pharmaceutical used to induce abortion, or as an emergency contraceptive.
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Mifepristone , also known as RU-486 , is a medication typically used with misoprostol to bring about an abortion . This combination is more than 95% effective during the first 50 days of pregnancy . It is also effective in the second trimester of pregnancy. ...