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| ox·y·to·cic [ òksi tṓssik ] |
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speeding up contractions in childbirth: inducing or speeding up childbirth by causing contractions in the muscles of the uterus
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noun (plural ox·y·to·cics) |
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drug accelerating childbirth: a drug that induces or speeds up childbirth
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| [Mid-19th century. < Greek oxutokia "sharp birth" < tokos "birth"] |
