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expectorant, a. and n.|ɛkˈspɛktərənt|
[ad. L. expectorant-em, pr. pple. of expectorāre: see next. Cf. Fr. expectorant.]
A. adj. That promotes expectoration.
1811A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. (1818) 387 Storax is stimulant, and in some degree expectorant. 1884Standard 7 Jan. 2/6 He prescribed an expectorant medicine.
B. n. An expectorant medicine.
1782E. Gray in Med. Commun. I. 36 Expectorants seem to have been very seldom given. 1834J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest 229 Expectorants, such as squills, and especially antimony. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 522 Expectorants may be arranged under two heads; the nauseant or sedative expectorants, and the stimulating expectorants. |