Etymology

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Today it means: Serving to promote uterine contractions, thus accelerating childbirth. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὠκυτόκος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὠκυτόκος
  2. English todayoxytocic

Corruption of Ancient Greek ὠκυτόκος (ōkutókos), based on ὀξύς (oxús, “pointed”) instead of ὠκύς (ōkús, “swift”) + τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”).

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