oxytocia

[ ok-si-toh-shee-uh, -shuh ]

nounMedicine/Medical.
  1. rapid childbirth.

Origin of oxytocia

1
<New Latin, equivalent to oxy-oxy-1 + toc- (<Greek tókos childbirth) + -ia-ia

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