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abortative

abortative adjective: abortive, abortifacient (causing abortion).

Adjective

abortative (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Abortive, abortifacient (causing abortion).

Noun

abortative (plural abortatives)

  1. (rare) An abortive, an abortifacient (medicine that causes abortion).

Forms of abortative

pluralabortatives

Origin of abortative

From abort + -ative.

Questions about abortative

What does abortative mean?
Abortative means abortive, abortifacient (causing abortion).
What part of speech is abortative?
Abortative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near abortative in the dictionary

  1. abort
  2. abortable
  3. abortal
  4. abortation
  5. abortations
  6. abortative
  7. aborted
  8. abortee
  9. abortees
  10. aborter
  11. aborters

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