Expectorants [noun]
Definition of Expectorants:
syrup for soothing cough
Opposite/Antonyms of Expectorants:
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Sentence/Example of Expectorants:
Both are pectoral and expectorant; and in large doses nauseant and emetic.
Expectorant and diaphoretic, in small doses; emetic and narcotic, in larger ones.
Both the above are stimulant, expectorant, sudorific, and diuretic.
They are still used by the Arabs as an expectorant and antispasmodic.
As a stimulating expectorant and diaphoretic; in chronic catarrhs, low fevers, agues, &c.
Pectoral, expectorant, and diaphoretic, either alone or sweetened with honey.
And it acts upon the glands as an Eliminative; being a Diaphoretic and an Expectorant.
It is less potent as a Neurotic; less efficacious as a Diaphoretic; but excels it as an Expectorant.
In Bombay its expectorant action is commonly known and its juice is used, mixed with borax and honey.
The root is tonic, febrifuge and expectorant and the fruit nervine and emmenagogue according to the Sanscrit writer.