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parturifacient

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par⋅tu⋅ri⋅fa⋅cient

  [pahr-toor-uh-fey-shuhnt, -tyoor-] Medicine/Medical
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–adjective
1. inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
–noun
2. a parturifacient agent.
Origin:
1850–55; < L parturi- (s. of parturīre to be in labor; see parturient ) + -facient
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par·tu·ri·fa·cient   (pär-tŏŏr'ə-fā'shənt, -tyŏŏr'-)   
adj.  Inducing or facilitating childbirth.
n.  A drug facilitating childbirth.

[Latin parturīre, to be in labor; see parturient + -facient.]
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parturifacient par·tu·ri·fa·cient (pär-t&oobreve;r'ə-fā'shənt, -ty&oobreve;r'-)
n.
Inducing or accelerating childbirth; oxytocic. n.
A drug facilitating childbirth.

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