abortifacient

English

Etymology

First attested in 1875. abort +‎ -facient (“causing an”), from Latin facere (“to make”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˌbɔɹ.təˈfeɪ.ʃn̩t/, /əˌbɔɹ.tɪˈfeɪ.ʃn̩t/
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Adjective

abortifacient (comparative more abortifacient, superlative most abortifacient)

(pharmacology) Producing miscarriage. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[2]
Synonym: abortifactive

Derived terms

antiabortifacient

Translations

producing miscarriage

Czech: abortivní (cs) m or f or n
Dutch: abortief (nl), vruchtafdrijvend
Esperanto: abortigilo
French: abortif (fr)
Italian: abortivo (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abortiv (no)
Portuguese: abortivo (pt)
Russian: абортивный (ru) (abortivnyj)
Spanish: abortivo (es)

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Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} phá thai (vi), ^{(please verify)} làm sẩy thai

Noun

abortifacient (plural abortifacients)

(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.^[3] [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[2]

Synonyms

abortificant

Translations

agent that causes premature delivery

Dutch: abortivum n, vruchtafdrijvend middel n
French: abortif (fr) m, remède abortif m
Italian: abortivo (it) m
Latin: abagmentum n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abortiv (no) n, abortpille m or f
Portuguese: abortivo (pt)
Russian: абортивное средство n (abortivnoje sredstvo)
Spanish: abortivo (es) m

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Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} thuốc phá thai

References

^ 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

[Taber-1] Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 7

[SOED-2] 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.

[3] Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5

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