(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:33:00

Ex*pec"to*rant (?), a. [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.

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n.

An expectorant medicine.

 

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