expectorantnoun [ C ]
uk/ɪkˈspek.tər.ənt/us/ɪkˈspek.tər.ənt/a type of cough medicine used to make phlegm (= thick liquid) less thick in the lungs
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Examples from literature
- Expectorants are medicines capable of facilitating the excretion of mucous from the chest.
- Expectorants are medicines which modify the character of the secretions of the bronchial tubes, and promote their discharge.
- I prescribe it, and believe it to be the very best expectorant now offered to the people.