oxytocic

[ok-si-toh-sik, -tos-ik]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or causing the stimulation of the involuntary muscle of the uterus.
promoting or accelerating childbirth.

noun

an oxytocic substance or drug.

oxytocic

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adjective

accelerating childbirth by stimulating uterine contractions

noun

an oxytocic drug or agent

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oxytocic¹

First recorded in 1850–55; oxytoc(ia) + -ic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oxytocic¹

C19: from Greek, from _oxy- ¹ + tokos childbirth

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Example Sentences

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It may be that four cases are not sufficient to decide on the merits of a remedy, but the change was so decided and prompt that I am satisfactorily convinced that in Mistletoe we have an oxytocic that is superior to all remedies hitherto tried.

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