Expectorant definition

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Promoting or facilitating the secretion or expulsion of phlegm, mucus, or other matter from the respiratory tract.
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Causing or easing the bringing up of phlegm, mucus, etc. from the respiratory tract.
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An expectorant medicine.
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An expectorant medicine.
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Promoting or facilitating the secretion or expulsion of phlegm, mucus, or other matter from the respiratory tract.
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An expectorant medicine.
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A drug that promotes the discharge of phlegm or mucus from the respiratory tract.
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An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
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Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm.

An expectorant preparation.

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Alternative Forms

Alternative Form of expectorant - expectorative

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
expectorant
Plural:
expectorants

Expectorant Sentence Examples

  • Thus as it passes out by the bronchial mucous membrane it increases the amount of secretion and so acts as an expectorant.

  • It is employed in medicine as an expectorant.

  • Grieve mentions that the antiseptic tar has been used internally as a stimulating expectorant in chronic bronchitis.

  • The mucilage also acts as an expectorant which helps break up any mucous that is present.

  • Guaifenesin, the only medicinal product in common use as an expectorant, is an ingredient in many cough medicines, such as Anti-Tuss, Dristan Cold & Cough, Guaifed, GuaiCough, and some Robitussin products.

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