ABORTIFACIENT


Meaning of ABORTIFACIENT in English

/euh bawr'teuh fay"sheuhnt/ , adj.

1. causing abortion.

n.

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

[ 1870-75; ABORT + -I- + -FACIENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .