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)
- Producing miscarriage. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][2]
Translations [edit]
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Vietnamese: phá thai, làm sẩy thai
Noun [edit]
abortifacient (plural abortifacients)
- (pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.[3][First attested in the mid 19th century.][2]
Translations [edit]
agent that causes premature delivery
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Vietnamese: thuốc phá thai
References [edit]
- ^ 1993 [1940], Thomas, Clayton L. editor, Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, edition 5th, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, ISBN 0-8036-8313-8, page 7:
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 7:
- ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 5:
