expectorant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a medicine promoting expectoration
    expectorator.

WordNet

Ex*pec"to*rant adjective
Etymology
L. expectorans, p. pr. of expectorare to drive from the breast: cf. F. expectorant.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. -- n. An expectorant medicine.

Webster 1913