ecbolic (comparative more ecbolic, superlative most ecbolic)
(medicine) Producing abortion of a fetus or accelerating childbirth, oxytocic.
ecbolic (plural ecbolics)
(medicine) An agent that produces abortion of a fetus or hastens delivery of the same.
Source: Wiktionary
Ec*bol"ic, n. Etym: [See Ecbole.] (Med.)
Definition: A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 January 2025
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
