abortifacient

/uh-bawr-tuh-fey-shuhnt/US // əˌbɔr təˈfeɪ ʃənt //UK // (əˌbɔːtɪˈfeɪʃənt) //

堕胎药,堕胎剂,堕胎药物,打胎药

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

n.名词 noun

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- : a drug or device used to cause abortion: a biochemical abortifacient in pill form.

But medical science is clear: emergency contraception is not an abortifacient.
Unfavorable publicity, the abortifacient of new enterprises, would mean you could hardly give the stuff away.
It is also used as an abortifacient, but is too mild a uterine stimulant to be reliable for that purpose.
Amongst them must theoretically be included all abortifacient drugs.
The oil of savin is now occasionally used criminally as an abortifacient.
It is sometimes taken as an abortifacient or given as an aphrodisiac, but whether it has any such action is open to question.