Parturifacient Definition
pär-to͝orə-fāshənt, -tyo͝or-
adjective
Inducing or easing labor in childbirth.
Webster's New World
noun
A drug facilitating childbirth.
American Heritage Medicine
A parturifacient medicine.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Parturifacient
Noun
Singular:
parturifacient
Plural:
parturifacientsOrigin of Parturifacient
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Latin parturīre to be in labor parturient –facient
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin parturire to desire to bring forth + facere to make.
From Wiktionary
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