| OXYTONE | • oxytone adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable. • oxytone n. (Linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable. • OXYTONE n. (Greek) a word bearing an acute accent on the last syllable. |
| OXYTOCIC | • oxytocic adj. (Medicine) Serving to promote uterine contractions, thus accelerating childbirth. • oxytocic n. An oxytocic drug. • OXYTOCIC n. a drug that hastens childbirth. |
| OXYTOCIN | • oxytocin n. (Biochemistry) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk;… • OXYTOCIN n. a pituitary hormone that stimulates uterine muscle contraction. |
| OXYTONES | • oxytones n. Plural of oxytone. • OXYTONE n. (Greek) a word bearing an acute accent on the last syllable. |
| OXYTONIC | • oxytonic adj. (Prosody) Having a stress on the last syllable. • OXYTONIC adj. like an oxytone. |
| OXYTROPE | • oxytrope n. (Botany) Synonym of locoweed. • OXYTROPE n. a genus of plants in the legume family, including locoweed. |
| OXYTOCICS | • oxytocics n. Plural of oxytocic. • OXYTOCIC n. a drug that hastens childbirth. |
| OXYTOCINS | • oxytocins n. Plural of oxytocin. • OXYTOCIN n. a pituitary hormone that stimulates uterine muscle contraction. |
| OXYTROPES | • oxytropes n. Plural of oxytrope. • OXYTROPE n. a genus of plants in the legume family, including locoweed. |
| PAROXYTONE | • paroxytone adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable. • paroxytone n. (Linguistics) A paroxytone word. • PAROXYTONE n. a word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. |
| PAROXYTONES | • paroxytones n. Plural of paroxytone. • PAROXYTONE n. a word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. |
| PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
| PROPAROXYTONE | • proparoxytone adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable. • proparoxytone n. (Linguistics) A proparoxytone word. • PROPAROXYTONE n. in ancient Greek, a word having the acute accent on the third last syllable. |
| PROPAROXYTONES | • proparoxytones n. Plural of proparoxytone. • PROPAROXYTONE n. in ancient Greek, a word having the acute accent on the third last syllable. |
| OXYTETRACYCLINE | • oxytetracycline n. (Pharmacology) A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic C22H24N2O9 that is produced… • OXYTETRACYCLINE n. a yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by a soil actinomycete. |