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Oxytocic

Oxytocic \Ox`y*toc"ic\, a. [Gr. 'oxy`s sharp, quick + ???? birth.] (Med.) Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition. -- n. An oxytocic medicine or agent.

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oxytocic

a. (context medicine English) Serving to promote uterine contractions, thus accelerating childbirth. n. An oxytocic drug.

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oxytocic

n. a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus [syn: oxytocic drug]

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In 1955 he prepared synthetic molecules that showed all the oxytocic, vasopressor and antidiuretic functions of the natural molecules.