expectorator

A noun referring to a person who expels saliva or phlegm from the mouth, or a medicinal agent that promotes the expulsion of mucus from the respiratory tract.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine Person bezeichnet, die Speichel oder Schleim aus dem Mund ausstößt, oder ein Arzneimittel, das die Ausscheidung von Schleim aus den Atemwegen fördert.

1. Person who spits C2 formal medical

   A person who ejects saliva, phlegm, or mucus from the mouth.

   • The doctor advised the patient not to be a public expectorator.
   • In some cultures, being an expectorator in public is considered rude.
   • The old man was a habitual expectorator due to his lung condition.

   🇩🇪Spucker

   Synonyme: spitter

2. Expectorant medicine C2 formal medical

   A medicinal substance that helps to clear phlegm from the respiratory tract by promoting coughing.

   • The pharmacist recommended an expectorator for the patient's cough.
   • This expectorator is effective in loosening chest congestion.
   • Many cough syrups contain an expectorator to help clear the airways.

   🇩🇪Hustenlöser

   Synonyme: expectorant

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• expectorator's possessive singular form