inducing
v.v. to cause something to happen or to persuade someone to do something. It is often used in medical situations, like when a doctor helps a baby be born.
v. to succeed in persuading or influencing someone to do something; to bring about or give rise to a specific physical or mental state. Often used in medical contexts to describe the artificial initiation of a biological process.
The doctor is inducing labor because the baby is late.
The medication works by inducing a deep sleep that allows the patient's body to recover from the trauma.
High levels of stress are capable of inducing physiological changes that, if left unaddressed, may lead to chronic health complications or a weakened immune response.
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object, often a physical state or a specific action.