Antitussive Definition

ăntē-tŭsĭv, ăntī-

adjective

Reducing the severity of coughing.

Webster's New World

Capable of relieving or suppressing coughing.

American Heritage Medicine

(pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.

Wiktionary

noun

An antitussive preparation.

Webster's New World

(pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Antitussive

Singular:

antitussive

Plural:

antitussives

anti- (adjective prefix) + Latin tussis (cough) + -ive (adjective suffix)

From Wiktionary
anti– Latin tussis cough tussis –ive

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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