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expectorant

Adjective, Noun

ex=pec=to=rant

WORDNET DICTIONARY

expectorant(n = noun.artifact) expectorator - a medicine promoting expectoration; Array

is a kind of medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

has particulars: robitussin

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]

expectorant, adj. & n.
--adj. causing the coughing out of phlegm etc.
--n. an expectorant medicine.

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