remedy for a cough

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• Cough medicine — Cough syrup redirects here. For the Young the Giant song, see Cough Syrup (song). Cough medicine often contains cough suppressants or expectorants. A cough medicine (or linctus, when in syrup form) is a medicinal drug used in an attempt to treat… …   Wikipedia

• remedy — n. 1) to resort to a remedy 2) to prescribe a remedy 3) (legal) to pursue a (legal) remedy 4) (legal) to exhaust all (legal) remedies 5) a certain, reliable, sure; effective, efficacious remedy 6) a cold; cough remedy 7) a folk; homeopathic… …   Combinatory dictionary

• remedy — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 treatment/medicine ADJECTIVE ▪ effective, good ▪ common, popular ▪ Ginger is a popular remedy for morning sickness. ▪ traditional …   Collocations dictionary

• remedy — rem|e|dy1 W3 [ˈremıdi] n plural remedies [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: remedie, from Latin remedium, from mederi to heal ] 1.) a way of dealing with a problem or making a bad situation better = ↑solution ▪ The problems in our schools… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cough syrup — noun : any sweet usually medicated liquid used as a remedy for cough * * * noun [noncount] : a usually sweet liquid that contains medicine used to stop coughing called also cough medicine (Brit) cough mixture * * * ˈcough mixture f22 [cough… …   Useful english dictionary

• remedy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Something that cures or counteracts Nouns 1. remedy, help, redress, restoration; antidote, counterpoison, counterirritant, counteragent, antitoxin, antibody, prophylactic, antiseptic, corrective,… …   English dictionary for students

• cough — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, polite (esp. BrE), slight ▪ The butler gave a little cough to announce his presence. ▪ violent ▪ bad …   Collocations dictionary

• Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons — The Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons, abbreviated SUSDP, is a document used in the regulation of drugs and poisons in Australia. It is produced by the National Drugs and Poisons Scheduling Committee (NDPSC), a committee of …   Wikipedia

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• Black horehound — Horehound Hore hound , n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[=a]rhune; h[=a]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, Gr. ?, Skr. kn?y to smell.] (Bot.) 1. A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({Marrubium vulgare}), which has a bitter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fetid horehound — Horehound Hore hound , n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[=a]rhune; h[=a]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, Gr. ?, Skr. kn?y to smell.] (Bot.) 1. A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({Marrubium vulgare}), which has a bitter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English