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ecbolic, a. and n. Med.|ɛkˈbɒlɪk| [as if ad. Gr. ἐκβολικός, f. ἐκβολή expulsion.] A. adj. That promotes the expulsion of the fœtus.
1877Woodman & Tidy Forensic Med. 756 The ecbolic properties of ergot are too well known. B. n. A drug that possesses this property.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Ecbolics..a term used to express such medicines as were given to promote delivery in child-birth. 1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 549 Cases must be rare in which the latter [obstetric instruments] are not preferable to the ecbolic. |