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abortifacient

DEFINITIONS OF: abortifacient

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adj causing abortion

Synonyms
causative
producing an effect

n a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion

Synonyms:
aborticide, abortion-inducing drug
Types:
RU 486, abortion pill, mifepristone
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
Type of:
drug
a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
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