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Definition of Aborticide
1. Noun. A drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion.
Specialized synonyms: Abortion Pill, Mifepristone, Ru 486
Generic synonyms: Drug
Derivative terms: Abortifacient
2. Noun. The act of destroying a fetus.
Definition of Aborticide
1. n. The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
Definition of Aborticide
1. Noun. The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide. ¹
2. Noun. An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Aborticide
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aborticide
Literary usage of Aborticide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"The expulsion of the fœtus which is noi viable ; expulsion of the fœtus during
the first three (according to others, six) months of pregnancy. 2. aborticide ..."
2. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"Remote from the mouth. Abort, ab-orf. To miscarry; to arrest the development of
disease. aborticide, ab-or'-tis-id. The killing of the unborn fetus. ..."
3. Lippincott's Pocket Medical Dictionary: Including the Pronunciation and by Ryland W. Greene (1897)
"Abort' (a-bort'). 1. To miscarry. 2. To arrest disease development. aborticide.
Killing of the fœtus within the uterus. ..."
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