Definitions for expectorant

expectorant ex·pec·to·rant

Spelling: [ik-spek-ter-uh nt]
IPA: /ɪkˈspɛk tər ənt/

Expectorant is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 765 anagrams from letters in expectorant (aceenoprttx).

Definitions for expectorant

adjective

  1. promoting the discharge of phlegm or other fluid from the respiratory tract.

noun

  1. an expectorant medicine.

Origin of expectorant

1775-85; Latin expectorant- (stem of expectorāns), present participle of expectorāre to expectorate; see -ant

Examples for expectorant

Dr. Bidie states that the action is diaphoretic and expectorant.

The onion is diuretic, expectorant, rubefacient, and stimulant.

These pills are stimulant, expectorant, antispasmodic, and emmenagogue.

They are still used by the Arabs as an expectorant and antispasmodic.

Antispasmodic, expectorant, and tonic, and in quantity emetic.

Thus Ammonia and volatile oils are expectorant and Diaphoretic.

Anodyne and expectorant; in tickling coughs, &c., and to allay pain.

As a medicine it is reputed diaphoretic, expectorant, and stimulant.

A most excellent medicine, at once soothing and expectorant.

A wineglassful every 1⁄2 hour or hour; as a diaphoretic and expectorant.

Word Value for expectorant
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