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Tocolysis vs Tocolytic - What's the difference?

tocolysis | tocolytic | Related terms |

Tocolysis is a related term of tocolytic.


As nouns the difference between tocolysis and tocolytic

is that tocolysis is the suppression of uterine contractions while tocolytic is (medicine) any drug that suppresses premature labour—premature giving birth.

As an adjective tocolytic is

(medicine) that suppresses premature labour.

tocolysis

English

Noun

(-)
  • The suppression of uterine contractions.

    • Related terms

    * tocolytic

    tocolytic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) That suppresses premature labour

    • Noun

    (wikipedia tocolytic) (en noun)
  • (medicine) Any drug that suppresses premature labour—premature giving birth.

    • Hyponyms

    * atosiban * indometacin * nifedipine * quinagolide * ritodrine * terbutaline * See also

    Related terms

    * tocolysis