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English Dictionary: expectorant by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expectorant
n
  1. a medicine promoting expectoration [syn: expectorant, expectorator]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Expectorant \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. -- n. An
      expectorant medicine.
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