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Webster 1913 Edition


Ecbolic

Ec-bol′ic

,
Noun.
[See
Ecbole
.]
(Med.)
A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.

Definition 2024


ecbolic

ecbolic

English

Adjective

ecbolic (comparative more ecbolic, superlative most ecbolic)

  1. (medicine) Producing abortion of a fetus or accelerating childbirth, oxytocic.

Noun

ecbolic (plural ecbolics)

  1. (medicine) An agent that produces abortion of a fetus or hastens delivery of the same.