parturifacient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbirth.

Word forms

parturifacient parturifacients

Etymology

From Latin parturire (“to desire to bring forth”) + facere (“to make”).

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