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Expectorant

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.

Equivalents

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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.
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See also

Expectorate Expectoration expectorative expectorator Expects Expedience

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