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Expectorant   /ɪkspˈɛktərənt/   Listen
Expectorant

noun
1.
A medicine promoting expectoration.  Synonym: expectorator.






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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



Words linked to "Expectorant" :   medication, expectorator, medicinal drug, medicine, Robitussin, medicament



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