Expectorant

Word EXPECTORANT
Character 11
Hyphenation ex pec to rant
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Expectorant"

What do we mean by expectorant?

Promoting or facilitating the secretion or expulsion of phlegm, mucus, or other matter from the respiratory tract. adjective

An expectorant medicine. noun

Pertaining to or promoting expectoration.

Something, as a drug, which promotes or facilitates expectoration. noun

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

An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs. noun

A medicine promoting expectoration noun

An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Expectorant

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The word "expectorant" in example sentences

Correctly spelling "expectorant" - and 19 other words - on Sunday won Abington Middle School sixth-grader Sukanya Roy The Times Leader / Scripps NEPA Regional Spelling Bee on Sunday at the Woodlands. ❋ Unknown (2009)

MOST chesty coughs require what are known as expectorant medicines. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Correctly spelling "expectorant" - and 19 other words - on Sunday won Abington Heights Middle School sixth-grader Sukanya Roy The Times Leader / Scripps NEPA Regional Spelling Bee on Sunday at the Woodlands. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sue Roy, a sixth-grader at Abington Heights Middle School, visualizes the spelling of the word 'expectorant' Sunday. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fluids, rest, an expectorant, and perhaps a broad-spectrum antibiotic like azithromycin - if there's a fever and productive cough - are the tried-and-true treatments for this thing. ❋ Grrm (2010)

They return with a cool, juniper-based expectorant that loosens the blockage, rumoured to be the size of a 7½-inch Cohiba.6.14pm The bloke from the R&A begins his speech.9.43pm The bloke from the R&A finishes his speech. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Rataptouille: A French dish combining tomatoes, garlic, onions, zucchini and the expectorant of a disgruntled sous-chef. ❋ The Empress (2010)

Brutish and moneygrubbing to the last, punctuating their sentences with expectorant, they are repugnant to Won Kim. ❋ Cristina García (2010)

Watercress is thought to be an effective expectorant that helps to expel excess mucus and is believed to relieve bronchitis, coughs, and mucus in the lungs. ❋ M.D. Nicholas Perricone (2010)

I gave her some expectorant to break up what I thought must be chest congestion, some Tylenol to bring down her renewed fever, and decided if she was not breathing better in a few minutes of sitting upright, we'd be headed to emergency. ❋ Kittenpie (2007)

Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), a member of the Zingiberaceae (Ginger) Family, is an expectorant, thus helping to open the respiratory passages. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Due to its expectorant properties aniseed (saunf) has also been found beneficial in the treatment of emphysema. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Let us scrape away your expectorant after Snob rox it on the daily. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

Mucinex – cough expectorant, my gods, it works and I love it ❋ Unknown (2009)

Its properties may easily be inferred from the above statement ; they are demulcent, slightly astringent, tonic, and expectorant. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

Like a powerful expectorant, Leto and his band have truly managed to coax all that is slimy and mucous from deep within the alveolae of cycling and music. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

Cough syrup (expectorant, to loosen phlegm) - 36.7 %. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Works as an effective expectorant for coughs due to colds. ❋ Earl Mindell (2008)

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