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oxytocic Definition


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oxytocic
noun, adj
    1. Said of a drug: that stimulates uterine muscle contractions and therefore induces or accelerates labour.
noun
    1. An oxytocic drug.
Etymology: 19c: from Greek oxutokia sudden delivery, from oxys sharp + tokos birth.



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