See expectorant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm."
],
"links": [
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "expectorative"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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}
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