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Meaning of "abortifacient" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ABORTIFACIENT

abortifacient  [əˌbɔːtɪˈfeɪʃənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABORTIFACIENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Abortifacient can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ABORTIFACIENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

abortifacient

Abortifacient

An abortifacient is a substance that induces abortion. Abortifacients for animals that have mated undesirably are known as mismating shots. Common abortifacients used in performing medical abortions include mifepristone, which is typically used in conjunction with misoprostol in a two-step approach. There are also several herbal mixtures with abortifacient claims, though there are no available data on the efficacy of these plants in humans.

Definition of abortifacient in the English dictionary

The definition of abortifacient in the dictionary is causing abortion. Other definition of abortifacient is a drug or agent that causes abortion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABORTIFACIENT


absorbefacient
əbˌsɔːbɪˈfeɪʃənt
calefacient
ˌkælɪˈfeɪʃənt
coefficient
ˌkəʊɪˈfɪʃənt
deficient
dɪˈfɪʃənt
delirifacient
dɪˌlɪrɪˈfeɪʃənt
efficient
ɪˈfɪʃənt
febrifacient
ˌfɛbrɪˈfeɪʃənt
impatient
ɪmˈpeɪʃənt
inpatient
ˈɪnˌpeɪʃənt
insufficient
ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt
liquefacient
ˌlɪkwɪˈfeɪʃənt
omnipatient
ˌɒmnɪˈpeɪʃənt
outpatient
ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt
parturifacient
pɑːˌtjʊərɪˈfeɪʃənt
patient
ˈpeɪʃənt
putrefacient
ˌpjuːtrɪˈfeɪʃənt
rubefacient
ˌruːbɪˈfeɪʃənt
somnifacient
ˌsɒmnɪˈfeɪʃənt
sorbefacient
ˌsɔːbɪˈfeɪʃənt
sufficient
səˈfɪʃənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABORTIFACIENT

aboriginally
aborigine
aborne
aborning
abort
abortee
aborter
aborticide
abortion
abortion clinic
abortion pill
abortional
abortionist
abortive
abortively
abortiveness
abortuaries
abortuary
abortus

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABORTIFACIENT

ancient
binomial coefficient
client
conscient
correlation coefficient
diffusion coefficient
drag coefficient
energy-efficient
fuel-efficient
immunodeficient
inconscient
inefficient
omniscient
partition coefficient
Pearson´s correlation coefficient
Pearson´s product moment correlation coefficient
perficient
permeability coefficient
prescient
scient
self-sufficient

Synonyms and antonyms of abortifacient in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «abortifacient» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABORTIFACIENT

Find out the translation of abortifacient to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of abortifacient from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «abortifacient» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

堕胎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abortivo
570 millions of speakers

English

abortifacient
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गर्भान्तक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إجهاض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

абортивный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abortivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

abortifacient
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abortif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Abortifacient
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abtreibungs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

堕胎薬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

낙태
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Abortifacient
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sẩy thai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கருச்சிதைவுக்குக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गर्भपाताशी संबंधित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşük ilacı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abortivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poronne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

абортивний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

abortiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμβλωτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

abortiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

abortframkallande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

abortifacient
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of abortifacient

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABORTIFACIENT»

The term «abortifacient» is regularly used and occupies the 93.084 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABORTIFACIENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «abortifacient» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «abortifacient» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about abortifacient

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABORTIFACIENT»

Discover the use of abortifacient in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to abortifacient and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Phytotherapy: A Quick Reference to Herbal Medicine
Lobelia Lobelia inflow Loss of uterine tone Lovage Levisticum officinale Emmenagogue effects Madagascar Vinca msa Abortifacient effects periwinkle Madder Rubia tinctorium Genotoxic and emmenagogue effects Male fern Dryopteris ...
Francesco Capasso, 2003
2
Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the ...
recipe appears a strong, possibly fatal, abortifacient and he recorded it as postoperative care. Opposed as he was to abortion, Scribonius doubtless did not know that he delivered practical information about the procedure when he discussed ...
John M. Riddle, 1994
3
Toxicants of Plant Origin: Phenolics
A dose of 20 mg/kg produced 100% infertility.116 B. Abortifacients and Uterine Stimulants Several plants have been reported to possess abortifacient activity based on folkloric information and literature reports. Most of the experimental data on ...
Peter R. Cheeke, 1989
4
Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals
Franchomme & Pénöel (1990) put forward the hypothesis that all essential oils containing ketones are both neurotoxic and abortifacient. Consequently, they cite dozens of essential oils as being abortifacient, and therefore unsafe in pregnancy  ...
Robert Tisserand, Rodney Young, 2013
5
Medical Ethics: Sources of Catholic Teachings
If administered after ovulation, the effect, if any, will be abortifacient; 347 scientific opinion at present ascribes these effects to (a) alteration in the environment of the fallopian tube, (b) inhibition of implantation by creation of a hostile ...
Kevin D. O'Rourke, Philip Boyle, 1999
6
Encyclopedia of Birth Control
All told he gave nearly a dozen recipes for menstrual regulation, all of them containing familiar abortifacient drugs. Mostly the recipe books used very discrete language, avoiding the words for abortion or birth control, but there are major ...
Vern L. Bullough, 2001
7
Abortifacient
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! An abortifacient is a substance that induces abortion. Abortifacients for animals that have mated undesirably are known as mismating shots.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
8
Ribosome-inactivating Proteins: Ricin and Related Proteins
Wood Yee Chan, Jack Ho Wong, and tzi Bun ng School ofBiomedical Sciences, The Chinese University ofHong Kong, China Introduction the identity between ribosome-inactivating proteins (rips) and abortifacient proteins was established ...
Fiorenzo Stirpe, Douglas Lappi, 2014
9
The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster
Table 3.2 reports the amount of lead in Massachusetts tap water in terms of an abortifacient equivalent. The abortifacient equivalent refers to the amount of water an individual needed to consume in order to have been exposed to the same ...
Werner Troesken, 2006
10
The Birth Conspiracy, Natural Birth, Hospitals and Doulas: A ...
An emmenagogue is any substance that stimulates menstruation; an abortifacient is used to abort a pregnancy. Angelica Angelica sinensis emmenagogue Bethroot (Birthroot) Trillium erectum emmenagogue Black Cohosh Cimicifuga ( Actaea) ...
Rivka Cymbalist, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABORTIFACIENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term abortifacient is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pre-Teens are Getting Birth Control Implants Without Parental …
Additionally, IUDs don't prevent STDs, and can sometimes act as an abortifacient. Washington state has taken a serious medical decision out of ... «IJ Review, Jul 15»
2
Abortion debate has much to learn from equality referendum
... service (Women on Waves) says it may attempt to drop illegal abortifacient pills into Ireland via drones as it has recently done in Poland. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Manila SC stops implant use for family planning
... of the Alliance for the Family Foundation Philippines Incorporated (Alfi) that claimed implants were an “abortifacient,” or cause abortion. «Gulf Today, Jul 15»
4
High court stops DOH contraceptive implants
Despite Implanon being approved by the FDA, Alfi claimed in its petition that the contraceptive implants were “known to have (an) abortifacient ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
5
What The Declaration Says About The American Character
Thankfully, courageous Americans still push back, like the Green family, who challenged Obamacare's abortifacient mandate, or the Sacketts, ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
6
Vadodara doctors make medical terms easy
Abortifacient - garbhapat karavi shake evu sadhan. Cainotophobia - navi paristhitinu asamanya bhay. Xenotransplantation - janvarona avyavo ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
7
Damaging legacies
... sale and dispensation or administration more specifically two types of contraceptive called “Implanon” which are known to be abortifacient. «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
8
How Art Became Irrelevant
... “from the 9th to the 15th day of my menstrual cycle…so as to insure the possibility of fertilization,” afterwards using “an herbal abortifacient” to ... «Commentary Magazine, Jul 15»
9
State legislators speak on marriage, religious freedom and avian flu
... or her conscience, whether it's a pharmacist declining to dispense and abortifacient or a baker declining to bake a cake for a gay wedding. «Estherville Daily News, Jul 15»
10
The huge impact of NRLC-inspired legislation in Nebraska
He goes through a perfunctory check-list and then by remote control opens a drawer which contains the two abortifacient drugs. PPH has ... «National Right to Life News, Jun 15»

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