Oxytocic Definition
ŏksĭ-tōsĭk
adjective
Hastening the process of childbirth, as oxytocin does.
Webster's New World
Hastening or facilitating childbirth, especially by stimulating contractions of the uterus. Used of a drug.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
Any oxytocic substance.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- oxytocic drug
Other Word Forms of Oxytocic
Noun
Singular:
oxytocic
Plural:
oxytocicsOrigin of Oxytocic
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French oxytocique drug that hastens childbirth from New Latin oxytocius hastening childbirth from Late Greek oxutokiā sudden delivery from Greek ōkutokios oxytocic ōkus swift ōku- in Indo-European roots tokos birth tek- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxus, “swift") + τόκος (tokos, “childbirth"), from τίκτω (tiktō, “I give birth").
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