tokolitik

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Definition von tokolitik im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

tocolytic

That suppresses premature labour

Any drug that suppresses premature labour—premature giving birth

Tocolytics are medications used to suppress premature labor (from the Greek tokos, childbirth, and lytic, capable of dissolving). They are given when delivery would result in premature birth. The therapy also buys time for the administration of betamethasone, a glucocorticoid drug which greatly accelerate fetal lung maturity, but takes one to two days to work

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