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expectorant

[ik-spek-ter-uh nt]Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology
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adjective
  1. promoting the discharge of phlegm or other fluid from the respiratory tract.
noun
  1. an expectorant medicine.

Origin of expectorant

1775–85; < Latin expectorant- (stem of expectorāns), present participle of expectorāre to expectorate; see -ant
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British Dictionary definitions for expectorant

expectorant

adjective
  1. promoting the secretion, liquefaction, or expulsion of sputum from the respiratory passages
noun
  1. an expectorant drug or agent
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Word Origin and History for expectorant
n.

1782, from Latin expectorantem (nominative expectorans), present participle of expectorare (see expectorate). From 1811 as an adjective.

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expectorant in Medicine

expectorant

[ĭk-spĕk′tər-ənt]
adj.
  1. Promoting or facilitating the secretion or expulsion of phlegm, mucus, or other matter from the respiratory tract.
n.
  1. An expectorant medicine.
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expectorant in Science

expectorant

[ĭk-spĕk′tər-ənt]
  1. A drug that promotes the discharge of phlegm or mucus from the respiratory tract.
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