abortion pill

Noun abortion pill has 1 sense

• abortion pill(n = noun.artifact) mifepristone, ru 486 - 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;
is a kind of aborticide, abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug