Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In medicine, having the quality of exciting discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.
  • noun Anything which promotes the discharge of phlegm or mucus; an expectorant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Med.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective medicine Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.
  • noun medicine Any apohlegmatic medicine.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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