abortpille

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Etymology

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abort +‎ pille, first part from Latin abortus (premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage), perfect active participle of aborior (I disappear; miscarry, am aborted (of a baby)), a compound from both ab- (from, away from, off), from Latin ab (from, away from, on, in), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away) + and from orior (I rise, appear, am born), from Proto-Italic *orjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (to move, stir, rise, spring). Last part from Middle Low German pille (pill), from Latin pilula (small ball, pellet; pill), diminutive of pila (ball; globe, sphere) (with the suffix -ula, from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom (instrumental suffix)), likely from pilus (hair), from Proto-Indo-European *pil- (one string of hair).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈbɔʈpɪlːə/, /aˈbɔʁtpɪlːə/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪlːə
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧pil‧le

Noun

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abortpille f or m (definite singular abortpilla or abortpillen, indefinite plural abortpiller, definite plural abortpillene)

  1. (pharmacology, medicine) an abortifacient pill (a drug or an agent that induces an abortion)
    • 1977, Dagbladet:
      «abort-pillen» er laget på prostaglandinbasis og er slett ikke så ny og revolusjonerende som de siste meldinger går ut på
      The "abortion pill" is made on a prostaglandin basis and is not at all as new and revolutionary as the latest reports are about

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