aborticide
English Thesaurus
1. the act of destroying a fetus (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | induced abortion, |
| definition | : | a deliberate termination of pregnancy (noun.act) |
2. a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | drug, |
| definition | : | a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | abortion pill, mifepristone, ru 486, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.artifact) |
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