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Definition of Oxytocic
1. Noun. A drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus.
Definition of Oxytocic
1. a. Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition.
Definition of Oxytocic
1. Adjective. (medicine) Serving to promote uterine contractions, thus accelerating childbirth. ¹
2. Noun. An oxytocic drug. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oxytocic
1. a drug that hastens the process of childbirth [n -S]
Medical Definition of Oxytocic
1. 1. Pertaining to, characterised by or promoting oxytocia (= rapid labour). 2. An agent that hastens evacuation of the uterus by stimulating contractions of the myometrium. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxytocic
Literary usage of Oxytocic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Clinics by Henry W. Cattell (1901)
"I am now referring to the oxytocic action of this alkaloid. ... I then laid
special stress on a fortunate consequence of the oxytocic action of cocaine, ..."
2. Journal of Materia Medica (1874)
"Does its action in ordinary hemorrhagic conditions differ from that which it
exerts when administered as an oxytocic, and have the paradoxical observations ..."
3. A Treatise on the science and practice of midwifery by William Smoult Playfair (1893)
"... the use of ergot as an oxytocic before delivery has been prohibited by the
present master. The cardinal point to remember is that it is absolutely ..."
4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1853)
"... with any apprehension, yet it proved speedily fatal after the appearance of
the symptoms of secondary inflammation. 162.—INDIAN HEMP AS AN oxytocic. ..."
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