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protussive

protussive adjective: enhancing coughing, either by making coughing more frequent or by increasing expectoration.

Adjective

protussive (comparative more protussive, superlative most protussive)

  1. Enhancing coughing, either by making coughing more frequent or by increasing expectoration.
    • Coordinate term: antitussive

Noun

protussive (plural protussives)

  1. A protussive agent.
    • Coordinate term: antitussive

Forms of protussive

Adjective
comparativemore protussive
superlativemost protussive
Noun
pluralprotussives

Origin of protussive

From pro- + tussive.

Questions about protussive

What does protussive mean?
Protussive means enhancing coughing, either by making coughing more frequent or by increasing expectoration.
What part of speech is protussive?
Protussive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near protussive in the dictionary

  1. protungulate
  2. proturan
  3. proturans
  4. protusible
  5. protusion
  6. protussive
  7. protussives
  8. protyl
  9. protyle
  10. protyles
  11. protyls

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