PARTURIFACIENT


Meaning of PARTURIFACIENT in English

/pahr toor'euh fay"sheuhnt, -tyoor'-/ , Med.

adj.

1. inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.

n.

2. a parturifacient agent.

[ 1850-55; parturi- (s. of parturire to be in labor; see PARTURIENT) + -FACIENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .