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EXPECTORANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medicine promoting expectoration

Synonyms:

expectorant; expectorator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A commercial combination preparation containing guaifenesin and phenylephrine hydrochloride with expectorant and decongestant activities.

(Entex, NCI Thesaurus)

Red cedarwood oil is used as an insect repellant, expectorant, antiseptic, and fungicide.

(Juniperus Virginiana Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Synthetic compounds or mixtures that usually contain a combination of any of the following agents depending on the symptoms that need to be treated: an antitussive, a decongestant, an antihistamine, an analgesic antipyretic, an expectorant and/or an anticholinergic agent.

(Cough and Cold Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the commercial combination preparations, by Novartis, containing a combination of any of the following agents: the analgesic antipyretic acetaminophen, an antihistamine (chlorpheniramine maleate or brompheniramine maleate), the expectorant guaifenesin, the antitussive dextromethorphan maleate and/or the decongestant pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.

(Comtrex, NCI Thesaurus)