Meanings
comparative more abortifacient · superlative most abortifacient
- medicineProducing miscarriage.First known use First attested in the mid 19ᵗʰ century.
Synonyms: abortifactive
plural abortifacients
- medicineA drug or an agent that induces an abortion.First known use First attested in the mid 19ᵗʰ century.
Synonyms: abortificant
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveProducing miscarriage.
nounA drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecausing abortion
nouna drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfacere“to make”
- Englishabortifacient
First attested in 1875. abort + -facient (“causing an”), from Latin facere (“to make”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech abortivní
- abortivníproducing miscarriage
Dutch abortief, vruchtafdrijvend
- abortiefproducing miscarriage
- vruchtafdrijvendproducing miscarriage
- abortivumagent that causes premature delivery
- vruchtafdrijvend middelagent that causes premature delivery
Esperanto abortigilo
- abortigiloproducing miscarriage
Finnish raskauden keskeyttävä, keskeytyslääke
- raskauden keskeyttäväproducing miscarriage
- keskeytyslääkeagent that causes premature delivery
French abortif, abortif
- abortifproducing miscarriage
- abortifagent that causes premature delivery
- remède abortifagent that causes premature delivery
Hungarian abortívum
- abortívumagent that causes premature delivery
Indonesian abortifasien
- abortifasienproducing miscarriage
Italian abortivo, abortivo
- abortivoproducing miscarriage
- abortivoagent that causes premature delivery
Latin abagmentum
- abagmentumagent that causes premature delivery
Norwegian Bokmål abortiv, abortiv
- abortivproducing miscarriage
- abortivagent that causes premature delivery
- abortpilleagent that causes premature delivery
Polish poronny, środek poronny
- poronnyproducing miscarriage
- środek poronnyagent that causes premature delivery
Portuguese abortivo, abortivo
- abortivoproducing miscarriage
- abortivoagent that causes premature delivery
Russian абортивный, абортивное средство
- абортивный (abortivnyj)producing miscarriage
- абортивное средство (abortivnoje sredstvo)agent that causes premature delivery
Spanish abortivo, abortivo
- abortivoproducing miscarriage
- abortivoagent that causes premature delivery
Swedish abortframkallande
- abortframkallandeproducing miscarriage
Cite this entry
abortifacient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abortifacient
“abortifacient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abortifacient. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abortifacient,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abortifacient.
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