expectorant
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- noun
- /ɪkˈspɛktərənt/
- Specialized
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expectorante
- Affected ferrets received broad-spectrum antimicrobial drugs, bronchodilators, expectorants, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and nebulization; all clinical signs except the dry cough temporarily decreased.
- expectorant for coughs
- expectorant and cough suppressant
- expectorants, nasal decongestants
Examples
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Expectorants are designed to loosen thick mucus, making it easier to cough up.
Academic text (2007) -
For overweight folks who want to shed extra kilos but find it difficult, it is respected for its digestive stimulus and expectorant qualities.
Blog text (23) -
Grapes tone up the lungs and act as an expectorant.
Blog text (16) -
Anise helps break up mucus, and it also acts as an expectorant.
Blog text (13) -
Our third class of ingredients, expectorants, aim to help improve coughing rather than eliminate it.
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Fenugreek seeds are tonic, astringent, demulcent, and expectorant.
Blog text (13) -
The ripped, expectorant permission it apprised us of abruptly left us on our own, ushered albeit we were that much farther along the pointillist plank on which we walked.
Fiction book (1997) -
Expectorant that acts to stimulate respiratory tract secretions, thereby increasing respiratory fluid volumes and decreasing phlegm viscosity.
Academic text (2007) -
The doctor recommended an expectorant to help clear the mucus from my chest.
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This over-the-counter medication is an expectorant that helps relieve coughs by loosening phlegm.
Synonyms
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A cough medicine that loosens chest mucus and helps you cough it up
A medicine that helps clear mucus from the chest
How Medicinal
Surface Forms
Morphology
expectorant = expector (semi-transparent) = ex + pector + ant
The base 'expector' suggests a connection to clearing mucus, but the specific medical meaning requires specialized knowledge.
Etymology
Expectorant comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and pectus 'chest', and it originally meant to spit something 'out of the chest'. So an expectorant is a medicine that helps move mucus or phlegm 'out of the chest'.