• (n.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing.
Par·tu`ri·fa'cient noun [ Latin parturire to desire to bring forth + facere to make.] (Medicine) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing. Dunglison. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: par′tū-rē-fā′shent Definitions: 1. Inducing or accelerating labor. 2. An agent that induces or accelerates labor. Synonyms: oxytocic2