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expectorant en · ADJ

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Etymology

Etymology tree English expectorate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English expectorant From expectorate + -ant.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm.
   • an expectorant preparation
   • ‘Matchett says there’s old Mr P. who made all the money with ’is cought mixture—’ ‘Not Parkinsons ex . . . something?’ asked Jessamy. ‘That’s it,’ nodded Sarah, ‘ “Hexpectorant Posset”.’ 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 84:

Relateds

expectorate · cough mixture

Synonyms

expectorative

expectorant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English expectorate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English expectorant From expectorate + -ant.

Meanings

1. An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
   • The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular. 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 165:
   • The bedside table is littered with both OTC and prescription expectorants and pertussives and analgesics and Vitamin-C megaspansules[…] 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 60:

Forms

Hyponyms

secretolytic · mucoregulator · mucokinetic · mucolytic

Relateds

expectoration

Translations (21)

sv expektorerande medel (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · de Hustenlöser (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · fi ekspektorantti (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · hu köptetőszer (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · cs expektorancium (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · nl slijmoplosser (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · ko 거담제 (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · es expectorante (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · el αποχρεμπτικό (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · de Abhustemittel (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · de Expektorans (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · ja 去痰薬 (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · de Schleimlöser (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · hu köptető (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · pt expectorante (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · pl środek wykrztuśny (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · de schleimlösendes Mittel (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · fr expectorant (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · ru отха́ркивающее (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · az bəlğəmgətirici (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs) · ru отха́ркивающее сре́дство (agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs)