EXPECTORANT


Meaning of EXPECTORANT in English

/ik spek"teuhr euhnt/ , Med., Pharm.

adj.

1. promoting the discharge of phlegm or other fluid from the respiratory tract.

n.

2. an expectorant medicine.

[ 1775-85; expectorant- (s. of expectorans ), prp. of expectorare to EXPECTORATE; see -ANT ]

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