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tocolysis

tocolysis noun: the suppression of uterine contractions.

Noun

tocolysis (uncountable)

  1. The suppression of uterine contractions.

Origin of tocolysis

From toco- + -lysis.

Questions about tocolysis

What does tocolysis mean?
Tocolysis means the suppression of uterine contractions.
What part of speech is tocolysis?
Tocolysis is a noun.

Words near tocolysis in the dictionary

  1. tocologies
  2. tocologist
  3. tocologists
  4. tocology
  5. tocolote
  6. tocolysis
  7. tocolytic
  8. tocolytics
  9. tocome
  10. tocomonoenol
  11. tocomonoenols

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