单词 | parturifacient |
释义 | parturifacientn.adj. Medicine. rare. = oxytocic n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > obstetric drug > [noun] ecbolic1753 oxytocic1840 parturient1846 parturifacient1846 1846 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 6) 555/1 A Parturient or Parturifacient is a medicine which induces or promotes labour. 1886 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 Mar. 614/2 [He] calls attention to the value of mistletoe as a parturifacient. B. adj. = oxytocic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > obstetric drug > [adjective] amblotic1708 oxytocic1835 ecbolic1877 parturifacient1890 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 297/2 Parturifacient, tending to produce labor. 1976 Current Anthropol. 17 450/1 The aphrodisiac and parturifacient uses of serpent meat among the Andean aborigines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1846 |
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