Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expectorant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expectorant \Ex*pec"to*rant\, a. [L. expectorans, p. pr. of
expectorare to drive from the breast: cf. F. expectorant.]
(Med.)
Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges
of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. -- n. An
expectorant medicine.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expectorant
n : a medicine promoting expectoration [syn: {expectorator}]
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