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expectorant
CIDE DICTIONARY
expectorant, a. [L. expectorans, p. pr. of expectorare to drive from the breast: cf. F. expectorant.].
Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
expectorant, adj. & n.
--adj. causing the coughing out of phlegm etc.
--n. an expectorant medicine.
--adj. causing the coughing out of phlegm etc.
--n. an expectorant medicine.
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