abortiv
1. abortiv, splavilo
a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion [zdravilo (ali drug kemični dejavnik), ki povzroča splav]
2. splavilo, abortiv
an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) 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 [zdravilo za induciranje splava (trgovsko ime RU 486), razvito v Franciji; če se jemlje v prvih petih tednih nosečnosti, blokira delovanje progesterona in omogoči maternici izločanje zarodka]