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expectorator|ɛkˈspɛktəreɪtə(r)|
[agent-n. f. L. expectorāre: see expectorate.]
†1. A medicine which promotes expectoration; = expectorant n. Obs.
1671Salmon Syn. Med. iii. xxii. 415 Bitter Vetch..is an Expectorator. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 278 There are no such Things as Expectorators..except Volatiles and Balsamics.
2. One who expectorates or spits; in quot. fig.
1835Blackw. Mag. XXXVII. 112 Volumes of the slaver [= spittle]..lettered with the name of the expectorator on the outside. |