mucolytic
/ˌmjuːkəˈlɪtɪk/Chiefly Medicine
adjective
Able to degrade or disperse mucus or mucoids, or decrease their viscosity.
noun
A mucolytic agent.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From muco- + lytic.
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