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Expectorant   /ɪkspˈɛktərənt/   Listen
noun
Expectorant  n.  (Med.) An expectorant medicine.


adjective
Expectorant  adj.  (Med.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat.





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"Expectorant" Quotes from Famous Books



... essay on this plant, submitted to the medical faculty of Jefferson College, by Dr. M. L. KNAPP, we are informed, that in doses of 15 or 30 grains it possesses emetic properties. It was besides, on trial, found to be cathartic, expectorant, diuretic and diaphoretic. It appears to have been generally administered in powder, and Dr. K. remarks, that "in decoction, it seems to lose some of its emetic properties, and to act more upon the bowels as a hydragogue cathartic." "The root possesses all the medicinal properties ...
— North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 • Various
... anodyne expectorant, prepared to meet the urgent demand for a safe and reliable antidote for diseases of the throat and lungs. Disorders of the pulmonary organs are so prevalent and so fatal in our ever-changing climate, that a reliable antidote is invaluable to the ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various


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