abortifacient

Meanings

Plural: abortifacients

Noun

a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.

Adjective Satellite

causing abortion

Adj

Producing miscarriage.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1875. abort + -facient (“causing an”), from Latin facere (“to make”).

Synonyms

aborticide, abortifactive, abortificant, abortion-inducing drug

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