expectorant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
    — 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.
形容词 adj.
  1. Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm. not-comparable
    — an expectorant preparation

词形变化

expectorants plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English expectorate
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English expectorant
From expectorate + -ant.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English expectorate
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English expectorant
From expectorate + -ant.
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