expectorant (Meaning)

Wordnet

expectorant (n)

a medicine promoting expectoration

Webster

expectorant (a.)

Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat.

Webster

expectorant (n.)

An expectorant medicine.

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FAQs About the word expectorant

a medicine promoting expectorationTending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat., An expectorant medicin

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The doctor prescribed an expectorant to help my son expel the mucus from his lungs.

The expectorant contains ingredients that thin and loosen the mucus, making it easier to cough up.

She took an expectorant to help clear her chest congestion.

The patient was given an expectorant to help bring up the thick mucus from his lungs.