a. and sb. [f. L. abortus: see ABORT + facient-em making: see -FACIENT.]

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  A.  adj. Productive of abortion, causing premature delivery.

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1875.  Wood, Therap. (1879), 70. It seems to me incredible that … doses of quinia are abortifacient.

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1877.  Woodman & Tidy, Forensic Med., 755. Savine … has often proved abortifacient.

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  B.  sb. [sc. drug.]

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1875.  Wood, Therap., 537 (1879). Its use as an abortifacient is accompanied by the gravest dangers to life.

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1877.  Woodman & Tidy, Forensic Med., 760. Dry herbs, reputed abortifacients.

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