mifepristone

See also: Mifepristone and mifépristone

English

Chemical structure of mifepristone (C₂₉H₃₅NO₂)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English (a)mi(no)phe(nyl)

English pr(opargyl)

English ist-

German Ketonbor.

English ketone

English -one

English mifepristone

From (a)mi(no)phe(nyl) + pr(opargyl) + ist- (“alteration of (o)est(radiol)”) + -one.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪ.fɛˈpɹɪ.stəʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪf.əˈpɹɪˌstoʊn/

Noun

mifepristone (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A steroid medication that inhibits the action of progesterone, typically given orally in combination with misoprostol in early pregnancy to induce abortion.

   Synonym: (codename) RU-486

   • 2023 July 31, Sara Hutchinson, “Having an Abortion at Home? There’s a Hotline for That”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 February 2024:

     Now a year later, as the courts consider the fate of mifepristone and abortion providers gird for the possibility of a miso-only protocol, Cristina says that she’s grateful she was able to end her unwanted pregnancy, although she knows not everyone has access to the same resources […]

Derived terms

• aglepristone
• lilopristone
• onapristone
• -pris-
• steroid compound acting on progesterone receptors
• telapristone
• ulipristal

Descendants

• Dutch: mifepriston
• French: mifépristone
• German: Mifepriston
• Italian: mifepristone
• Vietnamese: mifepristone

Translations

steroid medication used to induce abortion

• Dutch: mifepriston
• French: mifépristone
• German: Mifepriston
• Hungarian: mifepriszton (hu)
• Italian: mifepristone (it)
• Russian: мифепристо́н (ru) m (mifepristón)
• Spanish: mifepristona f
• Vietnamese: mifepristone

References

• “mifepristone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “mifepristone”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

• Category:mifepristone on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• mifepristone on Wikidata.Wikidata

Dutch

Noun

mifepristone

1. alternative form of mifepriston (“mifepristone”)

French

Noun

mifepristone m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of mifépristone (“mifepristone”)

Italian

C₂₉H₃₅NO₂
mifepristone

Etymology

Borrowed from English mifepristone.

Noun

mifepristone m (plural mifepristoni)

1. (pharmacology) mifepristone

Vietnamese

mifepristone

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English mifepristone.

Noun

mifepristone

1. (pharmacology) mifepristone