expectorator
English Thesaurus
1. a medicine promoting expectoration (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine, |
| definition | : | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | robitussin, |
| definition | : | trade name of an expectorant that loosens phlegm and makes it easier to cough up (noun.artifact) |
2. a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) (noun.person)
| derivation | : | cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up, |
| definition | : | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up, |
| definition | : | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth (verb.body) |
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