abortifacient

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English

Etymology

First attested in 1875. abort +‎ -facient (causing an), from Latin facere (to make).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˌbɔɹ.təˈfeɪ.ʃn̩t/, /əˌbɔɹ.tɪˈfeɪ.ʃn̩t/
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Adjective

abortifacient (comparative more abortifacient, superlative most abortifacient)

  1. (pharmacology) Producing miscarriage. [2]
    Synonym: abortifactive

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Noun

abortifacient (plural abortifacients)

  1. (pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.[3] [2]

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References

  1. ^ Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 7
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abortifacient”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
  3. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 5