abortpille

abort +‎ pille, first part from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“come into being”). Second part from Middle Low German pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, pilula, diminutive of pila (“bullet”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈbɔʈpɪlːə/, /ɑˈbɔʁtpɪlːə/
• Rhymes: -ɪlːə
• Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧pil‧le

abortpille f or m (definite singular abortpilla or abortpillen, indefinite plural abortpiller, definite plural abortpillene)

1. (pharmacology, medicine) an abortifacient pill (a drug or an agent that induces an abortion)
   • 1977, Dagbladet:

     «abort-pillen» er laget på prostaglandinbasis og er slett ikke så ny og revolusjonerende som de siste meldinger går ut på

     The "abortion pill" is made on a prostaglandin basis and is not at all as new and revolutionary as the latest reports are about

• “abortpille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abortpille” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).