- oxytocic agent
- oxytocic [agent]Oxytozikum n, Wehenmittel n, wehenanregendes Mittel n
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oxytocic agent
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Oxytocic — Ox y*toc ic, a. [Gr. oxy s sharp, quick + ???? birth.] (Med.) Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition. n. An oxytocic medicine or agent. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oxytocic — 1. Hastening childbirth. 2. SYN: parturifacient (2). * * * oxy·to·cic .äk si tō sik adj hastening parturition also inducing contraction of uterine smooth muscle oxytocic n a substance that stimulates contraction of uterine smooth muscle or… … Medical dictionary
oxytocic — n. any agent that induces or accelerates labour by stimulating the muscles of the uterus to contract. See also: oxytocin … The new mediacal dictionary
dinoprost — An oxytocic agent. SYN: prostaglandin F2α. d. tromethamine an oxytocic agent. SYN: prostaglandin F2α tromethamine. * * * di·no·prost (diґno prost) name given to prostaglandin F2α when used as a pharmaceutical; used as an oxytocic for… … Medical dictionary
dinoprostone — An oxytocic agent used as an abortifacient. SYN: prostaglandin E2. * * * n. a prostaglandin drug used mainly to induce labour. It is administered a vaginal tablet or gel. Trade names: Propess, Prostin E2. * * * di·no·prost·one (di″no… … Medical dictionary
ergonovine — An alkaloid from ergot; on hydrolysis it yields d lysergic acid and l 2 aminopropanol; stimulates uterine contractions. SYN: ergobasine, ergometrine, ergostetrine. e. maleate a powerful oxytocic agent; this action is more prominent … Medical dictionary
Quinine — The original antimalarial agent, quinine took its name from the Peruvian Indian word kina meaning bark of the tree referring to the cinchona tree. From this tree, quinine was first obtained. The Peruvian Indians called it the fever tree. Quinine … Medical dictionary
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parturifacient — 1. Inducing or accelerating labor. 2. An agent that induces or accelerates labor. SYN: oxytocic (2). [L. parturio, to be in labor, + facio, to make] * * * par·tu·ri·fa·cient (pahr″tu re faґshənt) [L. parturire to have the pains of… … Medical dictionary
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