parturifacient
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin parturire (“to desire to bring forth”) + facere (“to make”).
Noun
[edit]parturifacient (plural parturifacients)
- (medicine) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbirth.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 1839, Robley Dunglison, “PARTURIFACIENT”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
- “parturifacient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.