Parturifacient

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parturifacient \Par*tu`ri*fa"cient\, n. [L. parturire to desire
     to bring forth + facere to make.] (Med.)
     A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in
     childbearing. --Dunglison.
     [1913 Webster]