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EXPECTORANT

Pronunciation (US):

• EXPECTORANT (noun)
The noun EXPECTORANT has 1 sense:

1. a medicine promoting expectoration

Familiarity information: EXPECTORANT used as a noun is very rare.

• EXPECTORANT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A medicine promoting expectoration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

expectorant; expectorator

Hypernyms ("expectorant" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expectorant"):

Robitussin (trade name of an expectorant that loosens phlegm and makes it easier to cough up)

"Advice when most needed is least heeded."
(English proverb)
"Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river."
(Native American proverb, Tuscarora)
"The ant shall never crawl on its knees."
(Arabic proverb)
"Even fleas want to cough."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of medicinal drug
Meaning of Robitussin
Pronunciation of medicine
Meaning of medicament
Pronunciation of medication

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