誘ゆう発はつ剤ざい

noun

inducing agent; inducer

Pharmacological term for a substance that triggers a physiological process, such as labor or enzyme production.

• 分ぶん娩べん誘ゆう発はつ剤ざいが投とう与よされた。

  A labor-inducing agent was administered.

• この薬くすりは酵こう素そ誘ゆう発はつ剤ざいとして作さ用ようする。

  This drug acts as an enzyme inducer.