ABORTION PILL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an abortion-inducing drug (trade name Mifepristone) 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
   Synonym(s)
   • Mifepristone (what does Mifepristone mean?)
   • RU 486 (what does RU 486 mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) abortion pill is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • abortifacient (what does abortifacient mean?)
   • aborticide (what does aborticide mean?)
   • abortion-inducing drug (what does abortion-inducing drug mean?)