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oxytocia

[ ok-si-toh-shee-uh, -shuh ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. rapid childbirth.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oxytocia1

< New Latin, equivalent to oxy- oxy- 1 + toc- (< Greek tókos childbirth) + -ia -ia

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