Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Capable of relieving or suppressing coughing.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Preventing or relieving cough.
- n. Any agent which possesses this property.
Wiktionary
- n. pharmacology A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.
- adj. pharmacology Having cough suppressant abilities.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. having ability to to suppress or relieve coughing; -- of chemical substances.
- n. a medicament used to suppress or relieve coughing; an antitussive substance.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing
Etymologies
- anti- (adjective prefix) + Latin tussis (cough) + -ive (adjective suffix) (Wiktionary)
- anti- + Latin tussis, cough; see tussis + -ive. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“How about the Contac commercial that compared other cold remedies by describing one as containing an "antitussive" and another an "analgesic, not present in Contac.”
“Cough syrup (antitussive, to quiet a cough) - 37.2%.”
“Hydrocodone is an antitussive cough suppressant and analgesic agent for the treatment of moderate to moderately severe pain.”
“Cough syrup antitussive, to quiet a cough - 37.2%.”
“Do not give antitussive medicines: expensive and sometimes dangerous.”
“In addition, she had dextromethorphan on board, which is an antitussive found in numerous over-the-counter cough suppressants.”
“The parent molecule, noscapine, a plant-derived antitussive alkaloid has been recently found to have anticancer activity”
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