abortifacient
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of abortifacient
First recorded in 1870–75; abort + -i- + -facient ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Another compound, ulipristal acetate, held similar promise as an emergency contraceptive and fibroid treatment without the baggage of abortifacient branding.
From The Verge ● Jul. 23, 2022
In the late 1800s, the New York Times ran stories about abortions performed by Ann Trow Lohman, also known as Madame Restell, who served New York's elite and ran a lucrative mail-order abortifacient business.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2022
In the 1980s, activists in Brazil discovered its abortifacient properties and developed the world’s first grassroots abortion pill network.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2022
She was writing to her lover, Henry Anderson Lafler, and relating to him — in real time — the effects of the drugstore-bought abortifacient that was now ending the pregnancy they had conceived together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
Massage as well as abortifacient herbs are employed for the purpose.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
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