expectorant n 1: a medicine promoting expectoration [syn: {expectorant}, {expectorator}]
Expectorant \Ex*pec"to*rant\, a. [L. expectorans, p. pr. of expectorare to drive from the breast: cf. F. expectorant.] (Med.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. -- n. An expectorant medicine. [1913 Webster]