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Definition of tokolitik in Turkish English dictionary
- 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