noun
- Substances or agents that promote or induce childbirth or abortion by stimulating uterine contractions.
Usage: medical; plural form of ecbolic; used in obstetrics and gynecology
Examples
- The physician prescribed ecbolics to accelerate labor in the difficult delivery.
- Historically, midwives used herbal ecbolics to manage prolonged childbirth.
- Modern ecbolics are carefully administered under medical supervision.
- The study examined the efficacy of different ecbolics in obstetric practice.
- Ergot alkaloids are among the oldest known ecbolics used in medicine.