expectorant的词源

英文词源

expectorant (n.)

in medicine, 1782, from Latin expectorantem (nominative expectorans), present participle of expectorare (see expectorate). From 1811 as an adjective.

中文词源

expectorant：祛痰药

ex-, 向外。-pect, 胸，胸部，词源同pectoral. 即从胸中咳出去的，祛痰，咳血。

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