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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[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.

–

Noun.

An expectorant medicine.

Adj.

[See Expectorate.] Having the quality of promoting discharges from the lungs.

Noun.

A medicine which promotes discharges from the lungs.