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Oxytocia

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• Oxytocic

  [ok-si-toh-sik, -tos-ik] /ˌɒk sɪˈtoʊ sɪk, -ˈtɒs ɪk/ Medicine/Medical adjective 1. of or causing the stimulation of the involuntary muscle of the uterus. 2. promoting or accelerating childbirth. noun 3. an oxytocic substance or drug. /ˌɒksɪˈtəʊsɪk/ adjective 1. accelerating childbirth by stimulating uterine contractions noun 2. an oxytocic drug or agent oxytocic ox·y·to·cic (ŏk’sĭ-tō’sĭk) adj. Hastening […]

• Oxytocin

  [ok-si-toh-suh n] /ˌɒk sɪˈtoʊ sən/ noun 1. Biochemistry. a polypeptide hormone, produced by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus. 2. Pharmacology. a commercial form of this substance, obtained from beef and hog pituitary glands or especially by synthesis, and used chiefly in obstetrics to […]

• Oxytone

  [ok-si-tohn] /ˈɒk sɪˌtoʊn/ Classical Greek Grammar adjective 1. having an acute accent on the last syllable. noun 2. an oxytone word. /in the classical Greek language ˈɒksɪˌtəʊn/ adjective 1. (of a word) having an accent on the final syllable noun 2. an oxytone word

• Oxyuriasis

  [ok-see-yoo-rahy-uh-sis] /ˌɒk si yʊˈraɪ ə sɪs/ noun, Pathology. 1. human infection with pinworms. oxyuriasis ox·y·u·ri·a·sis (ŏk’sē-yu-rī’ə-sĭs) n. Infestation with parasitic nematodes of the family Oxyuridae.

• Oxyuricide

  oxyuricide ox·y·u·ri·cide (ŏk’sĭ-yur’ĭ-sīd’) n. An agent that destroys pinworms.

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