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carbocisteine

carbocisteine noun: a mucolytic that reduces the viscosity of sputum.

Noun

carbocisteine (uncountable)

  1. A mucolytic that reduces the viscosity of sputum.

Forms of carbocisteine

alternative formcarbocysteine

Origin of carbocisteine

Blend of carboxy + acetylcysteine.

Questions about carbocisteine

What does carbocisteine mean?
Carbocisteine means a mucolytic that reduces the viscosity of sputum.
What part of speech is carbocisteine?
Carbocisteine is a noun.

Words near carbocisteine in the dictionary

  1. carbocers
  2. carbochemical
  3. carbochemistry
  4. carbochlorination
  5. carbochol
  6. carbocisteine
  7. carbocromen
  8. carbocupration
  9. carbocuprations
  10. carbocyanide
  11. carbocyanin

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