expectorant
Meaning of expectorant
noun
a medicine which promotes the secretion of sputum by the air passages, used to treat coughs.
mid 18th century: from Latin expectorant- ‘expelling from the chest’, from the verb expectorare (see expectorate).
Information about expectorant
- It is a name.
- The plural form of expectorant is: expectorants.
- Languages in which expectorant is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of expectorant
ex-pec-to-rant
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- expectorant is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
expectorant synonyms
Meaning expectorator:
Translation of expectorant
- Italian: espettorante
- Spanish: expectorante
- French: expectorant
- Portuguese: expectorante
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