expectorant
English
Etymology
expectorate + -ant
Pronunciation
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Noun
expectorant (plural expectorants)
- (medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
- 1833, R. J. Bertin, Charles W. Chauncy, transl., Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 165:
- The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular.
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Hyponyms
- mucolytic
- secretolytic
- mucokinetic
- mucoregulator
Related terms
- expectoration
Translations
agent or drug
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Adjective
expectorant (not comparable)
- (medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm.
- an expectorant preparation
- 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 84:
- ‘Matchett says there’s old Mr P. who made all the money with ’is cought mixture—’ ‘Not Parkinsons ex . . . something?’ asked Jessamy. ‘That’s it,’ nodded Sarah, ‘ “Hexpectorant Posset”.’
Synonyms
- expectorative
Related terms
- expectorate
French
Participle
expectorant
- present participle of expectorer
Further reading
- “expectorant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
From French expectorant.
Adjective
expectorant m or n (feminine singular expectorantă, masculine plural expectoranți, feminine and neuter plural expectorante)
- expectorant
Declension
Declension of expectorant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | expectorant | expectorantă | expectoranți | expectorante | ||
definite | expectorantul | expectoranta | expectoranții | expectorantele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | expectorant | expectorante | expectoranți | expectorante | ||
definite | expectorantului | expectorantei | expectoranților | expectorantelor |