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Dictionary: par·tu·ri·fa·cient   (pär-tʊr'ə-fā'shənt, -tyʊr'-) pronunciation
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adj.
Inducing or facilitating childbirth.

n.
A drug facilitating childbirth.

[Latin parturīre, to be in labor; see parturient + -FACIENT.]


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(pär-tʊr'ə-fā'shənt, -tyʊr'-)
n.

Inducing or accelerating childbirth; oxytocic.

n.

A drug facilitating childbirth.

 
 

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