RU 486

  

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RU 486

Definition: RU 486

RU 486

Noun

1. An abortion-inducing drug (trade name Mifepristone) 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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: RU 486

Synonym: abortion pill (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: RU 486

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Books

  • Clinical Applications of Mifepristone: Assessing the Science and Recommending a Research Agenda (Ru 486 and Other Antiprogestins: Assessing the scie (reference)

  • The Antiprogestin Steroid Ru 486 and Human Fertility Control (Reproductive Biology) (reference)

  • Clinical Applications of Mifepristone: Assessing the Science and Recommending a Research Agenda (Ru 486 and Other Antiprogestins: Assessing the Science and Recommending A Research Agenda) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: RU 486

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Health

Studies have only just begun on the newest class of antihormonal agents, the antiprogestins, the best known of which is RU 486. Even though fibroids appear primarily stimulated by estrogens, drugs in this class which oppose the other major female hormone, progesterone, also seem to be effective for treatment of uterine fibroids. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: RU 486

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "4-6-8-r-u"

-3 letters: ur.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RU 486


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 55      34 38 36

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01010101 00100000 00110100 00111000 00110110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#85 &#32 &#52 &#56 &#54

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0055      0034 0038 0036

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52552222624

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction 		5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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