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expectorant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expectorant \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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in medicine, 1782, from Latin expectorantem (nominative expectorans), present participle of expectorare (see expectorate). From 1811 as an adjective.
Wiktionary
a. Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm. n. An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
WordNet
n. a medicine promoting expectoration [syn: expectorator]
Usage examples of "expectorant".
The root is expectorant, antiscorbutic, and, if taken at all freely, emetic.
The bulb, consisting of several combined cloves, is stimulating, antispasmodic, expectorant, and diuretic.
Expectorants are medicines which modify the character of the secretions of the bronchial tubes, and promote their discharge.
Sanguinaria root is chiefly used as an expectorant for chronic bronchitis and as a local application in chronic eczema, specially when secondary to varicose ulcers.
The dose is 2 to 1 fluid drachm, but it is, as stated, chiefly used as an adjuvant rather than for its slightly laxative and expectorant qualities, though used as a gargle, it will relieve sore throat.
A direct emmenagogue, a tonic in dyspepsia, an expectorant in the absence of feverish symptoms, a stimulant to the mucous tissues, a stomachic carminative, exciting appetite and the flow of gastric juice, and an astringent wash.
Cistus Creticus, or European Rock Rose, the only other plant of the order used in medicine, yields the gum resin Ladanum or Labdanum, a natural exudation valued as a stimulant expectorant and emmenagogue.
It is a stimulant to mucous membranes, and in chronic bronchitis is used as an expectorant.
It has sudorific, tonic and expectorant properties, and is considered a good remedy for whooping cough (for which, indeed, it has been regarded as a specific) and all affections of the lungs.