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Expectorant

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm. not-comparable

    "an expectorant preparation"

Noun
  1. 1
    An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.

    "The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular."

  2. 2
    a medicine promoting expectoration wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From expectorate + -ant.

Etymology 2

From expectorate + -ant.

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