secretolytic
nounEtymology From secretion + -lytic.
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Any substance or agent of this kind.
- Hypernyms
- expectorant
- Coordinate terms
- mucolytic, mucokinetic, mucoregulator
secretolytic
adjEtymology From secretion + -lytic.
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Medicine, Sciences That breaks up secretions (especially phlegm)
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