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expectorator

/ɪkˈspek.tə.reɪ.tər/

Traduction: Nom désignant une personne qui expectore (crache) des sécrétions buccales ou respiratoires, ou un médicament favorisant l'expulsion du mucus des voies respiratoires.

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noun

C2formalcommonmedical/ɪkˈspek.tə.reɪ.tər/

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.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant une personne qui expectore (crache) des sécrétions buccales ou respiratoires, ou un médicament favorisant l'expulsion du mucus des voies respiratoires.
  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.

    🇫🇷Personne qui crache

    Synonymes: 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.

    🇫🇷Expectorant

    Synonymes: expectorant

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