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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 104)

Noun.

[Gr.

ἐκβολή

a throwing out;

ἐκ

out +

βάλλειν

to throw.]

(Chem.)

An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; – so named from its power of producing abortion.

ecboline ‎(uncountable)