oxytocic
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ox·y·to·cic
(ŏk′sĭ-tō′sĭk)adj.
Hastening or facilitating childbirth, especially by stimulating contractions of the uterus. Used of a drug.
n.
An oxytocic drug.
[French oxytocique, drug that hastens childbirth, from New Latin oxytocius, hastening childbirth, from Late Greek *oxutokiā, sudden delivery, from Greek ōkutokios, oxytocic : ōkus, swift; see ōku- in Indo-European roots + tokos, birth; see tek- in Indo-European roots.]
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oxytocic
(ˌɒksɪˈtəʊsɪk)adj
(Gynaecology & Obstetrics) accelerating childbirth by stimulating uterine contractions
n
(Gynaecology & Obstetrics) an oxytocic drug or agent
[C19: from Greek, from oxy-1 + tokos childbirth]
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ox•y•to•cic
(ˌɒk sɪˈtoʊ sɪk, -ˈtɒs ɪk)adj.
1. of or causing the stimulation of the involuntary muscle of the uterus.
2. promoting or accelerating childbirth.
n. 3. an oxytocic substance or drug.
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oxytocic
a substance or drug that induces or stimulates childbirth. — oxytocic, adj.
See also: Birth-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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