inducing agent; inducer
Pharmacological term for a substance that triggers a physiological process, such as labor or enzyme production.
A labor-inducing agent was administered.
This drug acts as an enzyme inducer.
ovulation-inducing drug
labor-inducing drug; oxytocic
Compound of 誘発 (inducement) + 剤 (agent, drug). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the components are transparent in modern Japanese.