abortifactive

adj

Etymology

Parallel in formation with abortifacient (which see).

1
Inducing abortion or miscarriage.
- […] abortifactive agents such as Brucella abortus and Tritrichomonas foetus are not present in the Swedish bovine population […]
- Complete necropsies, abortion panels to rule out other abortifactive agents, serum Ig levels, and aoEBA-specific immunohistochemistry (IHC) were performed on each fetus to confirm EBA diagnosis.
- […] a high degree of seropositivity to N. caninum was diagnosed after evaluating for various abortifactive agents.

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