Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abortifactive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: abor-ti-fac-tive
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Inducing abortion or miscarriage.

Example Sentences

"[…] abortifactive agents such as Brucella abortus and Tritrichomonas foetus are not present in the Swedish bovine population […]"
"Complete necropsies, abortion panels to rule out other abortifactive agents, serum Ig levels, and aoEBA-specific immunohistochemistry (IHC) were performed on each fetus to confirm EBA diagnosis."
"[…] a high degree of seropositivity to N. caninum was diagnosed after evaluating for various abortifactive agents."
"Abortion panels were conducted to identify fetal/neonatal losses due to other abortifactive agents."
"REMINDER: Steroids may be abortifactive for gravid females; be willing to live by the consequences. Use only in life threatening circumstances for pregnant females."

Etymology

Parallel in formation with abortifacient (which see).

Synonyms

abortifacient

Questions

What does abortifactive mean?: Inducing abortion or miscarriage.
Where does abortifactive come from?: Parallel in formation with abortifacient (which see).

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