abortifacient
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of abortifacient
First recorded in 1870–75; abort + -i- + -facient ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Benjamin Franklin even included a recipe for an abortifacient in a math textbook, of all places.
From Los Angeles Times
Another compound, ulipristal acetate, held similar promise as an emergency contraceptive and fibroid treatment without the baggage of abortifacient branding.
From The Verge
Women who knew how to use herbs as abortifacients were sometimes labeled witches.
From Washington Post
Because misoprostol has multiple uses, it’s more readily available than medications that are primarily abortifacients.
From The Verge
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
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