"mucolytic" meaning in English

See mucolytic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From muco- + -lytic or mucolysis + -ic. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|muco|lytic}} muco- + -lytic, {{suffix|en|mucolysis|ic}} mucolysis + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mucolytic (not comparable)
  1. Serving to dissolve mucus. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: mucolytically Related terms: mucoinert, mucolysis Translations (serving to dissolve mucus): schleimlösend (German)
    Sense id: en-mucolytic-en-adj--0QF7fI2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with muco-, English terms suffixed with -ic, English terms suffixed with -lytic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with muco-: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -lytic: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11

Noun

Forms: mucolytics [plural]
Etymology: From muco- + -lytic or mucolysis + -ic. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|muco|lytic}} muco- + -lytic, {{suffix|en|mucolysis|ic}} mucolysis + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} mucolytic (plural mucolytics)
  1. A mucolytic agent. Hypernyms: expectorant Coordinate_terms: secretolytic, mucokinetic, mucoregulator
    Sense id: en-mucolytic-en-noun-Zm15U6R4

Inflected forms

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