Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun RU 486.

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  • noun biochemistry A steroid pharmaceutical used to induce abortion, or as an emergency contraceptive.

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  • noun 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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[(a)mi(no) + alteration of phe(nyl) + pr(opyl) + alteration of est(radiol) + –one.]

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Examples

  • Use of early medication abortion — which uses two drugs in lieu of surgery — rose from 161,000 procedures to 199,000 between 2005 and 2008; the proportion of all non-hospital abortions via early medication increased from 14% to 17%; 59% of all known abortion providers now offer the pills — RU-486, known as mifepristone, and misoprostol.

    Data show abortion rate leveling off in 2008 2011

  • Use of early medication abortion — which uses two drugs in lieu of surgery — rose from 161,000 procedures to 199,000 between 2005 and 2008; the proportion of all non-hospital abortions via early medication increased from 14% to 17%; 59% of all known abortion providers now offer the pills — RU-486, known as mifepristone, and misoprostol.

    Data show abortion rate leveling off in 2008 2011

  • In addition, the medical reality of administering RU-486 (known as mifepristone in the United States and marketed under the name Mifeprex) has discouraged many doctors from offering it to patients.

    The 'Abortion Pill': Not Stocked Here 2007

  • Once again, it requires three visits to a doctor or a clinic on the first visit, you take three pills, mifepristone, that is what was FDA-approved today.

    CNN Transcript - Breaking News: FDA Approves 'Abortion Pill' - September 28, 2000 2000

  • Corcept's first-generation compound, CORLUX, also known as mifepristone, directly blocks the cortisol (GR-II) receptor and the progesterone (PR) receptor.

    unknown title 2011

  • Corcept's first-generation compound, CORLUX, also known as mifepristone, directly blocks the cortisol (GR-II) receptor and the progesterone (PR) receptor.

    unknown title 2011

  • Corcept's first-generation compound, CORLUX, also known as mifepristone, directly blocks the GR-II (cortisol) receptor and the progesterone receptor.

    StreetInsider.com News Articles 2010

  • Corcept's first-generation compound, CORLUX, also known as mifepristone, directly blocks the cortisol (GR-II) receptor and the progesterone (PR) receptor.

    Corcept Therapeutics Announces Third Quarter Results and Corporate and Development Update - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • The abortion drug, also known as mifepristone, has been responsible for the deaths of at least a dozen women worldwide and has injured more than 1,200 according to FDA figures from 2007.

    LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines 2009

  • The abortion drug, also known as mifepristone, has been responsible for the deaths of at least a dozen

    middletownjournal.com - News 2009

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