abortifacient
/əˌbɔɹ.təˈfeɪ.ʃn̩t/
abortifacient adjective: producing miscarriage.
Adjective
abortifacient (comparative more abortifacient, superlative most abortifacient)
- Producing miscarriage.
- Synonyms:
- abortifactive
Noun
abortifacient (plural abortifacients)
- A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
- Synonyms:
- abortificant
abortifacient meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Indonesian
abortifacient in Tamil
- கரு சிதைப்பான், கருச்சிதைக்கும்
abortifacient in Bengali
- গর্ভপাত ঘটায় এমন পদার্থ
abortifacient in Kannada
- ಮೈಯಿಳಿಕ, ಮೈಯಿಳಿತ
abortifacient in Indonesian
- producing miscarriage
- abortifasien
Synonyms of abortifacient
Forms of abortifacient
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more abortifacient |
| superlative | most abortifacient |
| Noun | |
| plural | abortifacients |
Origin of abortifacient
First attested in 1875. abort + -facient (“causing an”), from Latin facere (“to make”).
Words formed from abortifacient
Questions about abortifacient
- What does abortifacient mean?
- Abortifacient means producing miscarriage.
- What is abortifacient in Tamil?
- Abortifacient in Tamil is கரு சிதைப்பான், கருச்சிதைக்கும். See Abortifacient meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is abortifacient?
- Abortifacient can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce abortifacient?
- Abortifacient is pronounced /əˌbɔɹ.təˈfeɪ.ʃn̩t/ (US).
Words near abortifacient in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: abortifacient (page history and authors); abortifacient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abortifacient (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abortifacient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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