abortifacient

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
  • Adjective:
    causing abortion

Word Origin

abortifacient (n.)
1875, noun and adjective, from Latin abortus (see abortive) + facientem "making," related to facere "to make, do" (see factitious). An earlier word for this in the noun sense was abortive (1640s).

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