psychoprophylaxyn.
/ˌsʌɪkəʊˈprɒfᵻlaksi/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˈproʊfəlæksi/ Medicine. rare.
= psychoprophylaxis n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [noun] > analgesia > methods used in childbirth
twilight sleep1912
psychoprophylaxy1958
psychoprophylaxis1960
1958 I. Bonstein Psychoprophylactic Preparation for Painless Childbirth 5 It will be necessary to use them [sc. drugs] each time various difficulties prevent a confinement, prepared by psychoprophylaxy, from being continued until the end.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1958- breath testing
- breath-activated
- breath-catching
- breath-giver
- breath-holding
- breath-seller
- breath-stained
- breath-stopping
- breath-sweetening
- breath-tainted
- breath-taker
- breath-test
- breath-testing
- breathabilities
- breathability
- breathable
- breathableness
- breathabler
- breathablest
- breathactivated
- breathalyse
- breathalysed
- breathalyser
- breathalyser test
- breathalysers