Syntocinonn.
/sɪntəʊˈsʌɪnɒn/ Pharmacology.
A proprietary name for a synthetic preparation of oxytocin.
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Syntocinon1955
1955 Trade Marks Jrnl. 7 Sept. 880/1 Syntocinon..Pharmaceutical preparations and substances.
1956 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 18 Sept. tm82/2 Syntocinon..for medicinal preparation recommended for use as an oxytocic and to induce labor.
1956 Chem. Abstr. 50 8852 Syntocinon proved to be equiv[alent] to oxytocin in 180 applications to 152 clinical cases.
1961 Jrnl. 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.
1979 G. Bourne Pregnancy (rev. ed.) xxv. 386 Labour can be induced by means of syntocinon given by a continuous drip into a vein.
1989 Nursing Times 29 Nov. 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.
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