parturifacient

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noun

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

OriginLatin parturire →
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Meanings

nounparturifacient (plural parturifacients)

plural parturifacients

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

Origin

  1. Latinparturire“to desire to bring forth”
  2. Englishparturifacient

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

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APA

parturifacient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parturifacient

MLA

“parturifacient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parturifacient. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parturifacient,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parturifacient.

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