EXPECTORANT

expectorant. Expectorant, n. that which promotes discharges from the breast

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Ex‐pec″to‐rant (?), a. [[L. expectorans, p. pr. of expectorare to drive from the breast: cf. F. expectorant.]] (Med.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. — n. An expectorant medicine.