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oxytocia

[ ok-si-toh-shee-uh, -shuh ]
/ ˌɒk sɪˈtoʊ ʃi ə, -ʃə /

noun Medicine/Medical.

rapid childbirth.

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Origin of oxytocia

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

Words nearby oxytocia

oxysalt, oxysulfide, oxysulphide, oxytalan, oxytetracycline, oxytocia, oxytocic, oxytocin, oxytone, oxyuriasis, oxyuricide
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Medical definitions for oxytocia

oxytocia
[ ŏk′sĭ-tō′shə ]

n.

An unusually rapid childbirth.
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