parturifacient

English

Etymology

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

Noun

parturifacient (plural parturifacients)

  1. (medicine) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbirth.[1]

References

  1. ^
    1839, Robley Dunglison, “PARTURIFACIENT”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
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