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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma pessoa que expele saliva ou muco pela boca, ou um medicamento que ajuda a eliminar o catarro das vias respiratórias.

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.

   🇵🇹Cuspidor

   Sinônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Expectorante

   Sinônimos: expectorant

• expectorators plural form
• expectorators' possessive plural form
• expectorator's possessive singular form