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Syntocinon, n. Pharm.|sɪntəʊˈsaɪnɒn| Also syntocinon. [f. syn-2 + oxytocin n. + -on, of unknown origin.] A proprietary name for a synthetic preparation of oxytocin.
1955Trade Marks Jrnl. 7 Sept. 880/1 Syntocinon..Pharmaceutical preparations and substances. 1956Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 18 Sept. tm82/2 Syntocinon..for medicinal preparation recommended for use as an oxytocic and to induce labor. 1956Chem. Abstr. L. 8852 Syntocinon proved to be equiv[alent] to oxytocin in 180 applications to 152 clinical cases. 1961Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 4 Feb. 387/2 One or more applications of intranasally applied synthetic oxytocin (Syntocinon) was employed in making 266 evaluations of the drug in various obstetric indications in over 200 pregnant women. 1979G. Bourne Pregnancy (rev. ed.) xxv. 386 Labour can be induced by means of syntocinon given by a continuous drip into a vein. 1989Nursing Times 29 Nov.–5 Dec. 42/2 All midwives in the ward are encouraged to undertake procedures such as..giving intravenous additives and prescribing syntocinon (to the primagravida with no abdominal/uterine scars), on their own initiative. |