expectorantadj.n.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈspɛkt(ə)rənt/,

/ɛkˈspɛkt(ə)rənt/,

/ᵻkˈspɛkt(ə)rn̩t/,

/ɛkˈspɛkt(ə)rn̩t/, U.S.

/ᵻkˈspɛktərənt/,

/ɛkˈspɛktərənt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin expectorant-, expectorāns, expectorāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin expectorant-, expectorāns, present participle of expectorāre expectorate v. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin expectorantia (plural) expectorant medicines (1652 or earlier).

A. adj.

That promotes or facilitates the process of coughing up and spitting out mucus or other material from the lungs and respiratory passages (expectoration).

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1633 J. Hart Κλινικη ii. xv. 198 (margin) Great error in the ordinary use of Oximel, and other expectorant medicines.

1727 E. Strother tr. P. Hermann Materia Medica II. xiii. 170 Saffron in Powder, join'd to pectoral Syrups, makes them very inciding and expectorant.

1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 303 The expectorant medicines (blister and cathartic) were administred without the least relief.

1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 379 Storax is stimulant, and in some degree expectorant.

1884 Standard 7 Jan. 2/6 He prescribed an expectorant medicine.

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber vi. 196 Syrups and wines and cordials made from the ripe fruit [of the papaw] are expectorant.

2011 Health Policy 102 159 The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of this measure on the mucolytic and expectorant class.

B. n.

An expectorant medication.

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1633 J. Hart Κλινικη Table of Contents sig. **3^v/2 Caveats in the use of expectorants.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 356 With milk, mucilages, alterants, expectorants, [etc.].

1729 Enq. Causes Present Epidemical Dis. 24 We have no other Method of clearing the Voice, but by Exiccants and Expectorants.

1782 E. Gray in Med. Communications 1 36 Expectorants seem to have been very seldom given.

1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 229 Expectorants, such as squills, and especially antimony.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 522 Expectorants may be arranged under two heads; the nauseant or sedative expectorants, and the stimulating expectorants.

1950 Therapeutic Notes Dec. 259 Benylin Expectorant is antispasmodic, decongestant, expectorant, [etc.].

2003 Nat. Life Rev. (Brisbane) Oct. 26/1 Traditional Chinese doctors have long used red clover blossoms as an expectorant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	expectorant
释义	expectorantadj.n. Brit. /ᵻkˈspɛkt(ə)rənt/, /ɛkˈspɛkt(ə)rənt/, /ᵻkˈspɛkt(ə)rn̩t/, /ɛkˈspɛkt(ə)rn̩t/, U.S. /ᵻkˈspɛktərənt/, /ɛkˈspɛktərənt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin expectorant-, expectorāns, expectorāre. Etymology: < classical Latin expectorant-, expectorāns, present participle of expectorāre expectorate v. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin expectorantia (plural) expectorant medicines (1652 or earlier). A. adj. That promotes or facilitates the process of coughing up and spitting out mucus or other material from the lungs and respiratory passages (expectoration). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > expectorant expectorant1633 expectorating1633 expectorative1665 1633 J. Hart Κλινικη ii. xv. 198 (margin) Great error in the ordinary use of Oximel, and other expectorant medicines. 1727 E. Strother tr. P. Hermann Materia Medica II. xiii. 170 Saffron in Powder, join'd to pectoral Syrups, makes them very inciding and expectorant. 1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 303 The expectorant medicines (blister and cathartic) were administred without the least relief. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 379 Storax is stimulant, and in some degree expectorant. 1884 Standard 7 Jan. 2/6 He prescribed an expectorant medicine. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber vi. 196 Syrups and wines and cordials made from the ripe fruit [of the papaw] are expectorant. 2011 Health Policy 102 159 The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of this measure on the mucolytic and expectorant class. B. n. An expectorant medication. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > expectorant expectorant1633 expectorator1657 expectorative1662 bush tea1768 1633 J. Hart Κλινικη Table of Contents sig. *3^v/2 Caveats in the use of expectorants. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia* 356 With milk, mucilages, alterants, expectorants, [etc.]. 1729 Enq. Causes Present Epidemical Dis. 24 We have no other Method of clearing the Voice, but by Exiccants and Expectorants. 1782 E. Gray in Med. Communications 1 36 Expectorants seem to have been very seldom given. 1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 229 Expectorants, such as squills, and especially antimony. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 522 Expectorants may be arranged under two heads; the nauseant or sedative expectorants, and the stimulating expectorants. 1950 Therapeutic Notes Dec. 259 Benylin Expectorant is antispasmodic, decongestant, expectorant, [etc.]. 2003 Nat. Life Rev. (Brisbane) Oct. 26/1 Traditional Chinese doctors have long used red clover blossoms as an expectorant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1633
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