"oxytocic" meaning in English

See oxytocic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɒksɪˈtɒsɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɒksɪˈtəʊsɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɑksiˈtɑsɪk/ [US], /ˌɑksiˈtoʊsɪk/ [US] Forms: more oxytocic [comparative], most oxytocic [superlative]
Etymology: Corruption of Ancient Greek ὠκυτόκος (ōkutókos), based on ὀξύς (oxús, “pointed”) instead of ὠκύς (ōkús, “swift”) + τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ὠκυτόκος}} Ancient Greek ὠκυτόκος (ōkutókos), {{m|grc|ὀξύς||pointed}} ὀξύς (oxús, “pointed”), {{m|grc|ὠκύς||swift}} ὠκύς (ōkús, “swift”), {{m|grc|τόκος||childbirth}} τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} oxytocic (comparative more oxytocic, superlative most oxytocic)
  1. (medicine) Serving to promote uterine contractions, thus accelerating childbirth. Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: antioxytocic, oxytocin Translations (serving to promote uterine contractions): oxytocisch (Dutch), ocytocique (French), ossitocico [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-oxytocic-en-adj-l-surF1j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 94 6 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˌɒksɪˈtɒsɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɒksɪˈtəʊsɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɑksiˈtɑsɪk/ [US], /ˌɑksiˈtoʊsɪk/ [US] Forms: oxytocics [plural]
Etymology: Corruption of Ancient Greek ὠκυτόκος (ōkutókos), based on ὀξύς (oxús, “pointed”) instead of ὠκύς (ōkús, “swift”) + τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ὠκυτόκος}} Ancient Greek ὠκυτόκος (ōkutókos), {{m|grc|ὀξύς||pointed}} ὀξύς (oxús, “pointed”), {{m|grc|ὠκύς||swift}} ὠκύς (ōkús, “swift”), {{m|grc|τόκος||childbirth}} τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} oxytocic (plural oxytocics)
  1. An oxytocic drug.
    Sense id: en-oxytocic-en-noun-lbU8EkvH

Inflected forms

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