expectorant

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Etymology tree English expectorate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English expectorant From expectorate + -ant.

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: bəlğəmgətirici — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Czech: expektorancium — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Dutch: slijmoplosser — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Finnish: ekspektorantti — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• French: expectorant — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• German: Schleimlöser — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• German: Abhustemittel — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• German: Expektorans — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• German: Hustenlöser — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• German: schleimlösendes Mittel — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Greek: αποχρεμπτικό (apochremptikó) — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Hungarian: köptető — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Hungarian: köptetőszer — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Japanese: 去痰薬 (kyotan'yaku) — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Korean: 거담제 (geodamje) — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Polish: środek wykrztuśny — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Portuguese: expectorante — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Russian: отха́ркивающее сре́дство (otxárkivajuščeje srédstvo) — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Russian: отха́ркивающее (otxárkivajuščeje) — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Spanish: expectorante — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs
• Swedish: expektorerande medel — agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs