Meaning of Expectorant | Babel Free
Definitions
An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
Equivalents
العربية
مقشّع
Azərbaycanca
bəlğəmgətirici
Čeština
expektorancium
Ελληνικά
αποχρεμπτικό
Español
expectorante
Suomi
ekspektorantti
日本語
去痰薬
한국어
거담제
Nederlands
slijmoplosser
Português
expectorante
Svenska
expektorerande medel
Türkçe
söktürücü
Examples
“The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular.”
“The bedside table is littered with both OTC and prescription expectorants and pertussives and analgesics and Vitamin-C megaspansules[…]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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