tocolytic

adj, noun — 2 senses

tocolytic

adj

1

Medicine, Sciences That suppresses premature labour

tocolytic

noun

1

Medicine, Sciences Any drug that suppresses premature labour—premature giving birth.

Synonyms: tocolytic
Related terms: tocolysis
Hypernyms: pharmaceutical
Hyponyms: atosiban, indometacin, nifedipine, quinagolide, ritodrine, terbutaline

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