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RU-486, n. Pharmacol.
Brit. |ˌaː juː ˌfɔːr eɪt ˈsɪks|, U.S. |ˌɑr ju ˌfɔ(ə)r eɪdi ˈsɪks|
[‹ the initial letters of Roussel Uclaf, the name of the French company which developed the drug + 486, the drug's laboratory code number (more fully 38486).]
= mifepristone n.
1982Comptes Rendus Séances Académie Sciences Série III 294933 RU-486 is a steroid which possesses a great affinity for the progesterone receptor. 1990EMBO Jrnl. 9 3929/1 RU486, the first available active antiprogesterone..has attracted considerable attention not only for the novel aspects of its use for abortion or ‘contragestion’. 1993Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 24 Jan. b 1/2 In his first day in the Oval Office, Clinton..revoked prohibitions on the importation from France of RU-486—also known as the abortion pill—for personal use, pending approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 2006N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Apr. a11/5 Abortion rights advocates once hoped that RU-486 would prove at least as safe as surgical abortions and largely end the abortion wars by making access widely available and very private. |