abortifacient
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1875. abortion + -facient (“causing an”), from Latin facere (“to make”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
abortifacient (comparative more abortifacient, superlative most abortifacient)
- (pharmacology) Producing miscarriage. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][2]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
producing miscarriage
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Noun[edit]
abortifacient (plural abortifacients)
- (pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.[3] [First attested in the mid 19th century.][2]
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
agent that causes premature delivery
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References[edit]
- ^ Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 7
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5