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abortifacient
DEFINITIONS OF:
abortifacient
1
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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