Usually means: Stimulates contractions in childbirth medicine.
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  1. ergometrine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  1. ergometrine: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (ergometrine)

noun:  (chemistry) An ergoline (and lysergamide) derivative, one of the primary ergot and morning glory alkaloids, chemically similar to LSD and used in medicine to facilitate delivery of the placenta and to prevent bleeding after childbirth.

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