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ABORTICIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aborticide mean?
• ABORTICIDE (noun)
The noun ABORTICIDE has 2 senses:
1. a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
2. the act of destroying a fetus
Familiarity information: ABORTICIDE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
aborticide; abortifacient; abortion-inducing drug
Hypernyms ("aborticide" is a kind of...):
drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aborticide"):
abortion pill; mifepristone; RU 486 (an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of destroying a fetus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
aborticide; feticide
Hypernyms ("aborticide" is a kind of...):
induced abortion (a deliberate termination of pregnancy)
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