cough suppressant

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• Cough suppressant — A drug used to control coughing, particularly with a dry, nagging, unproductive cough …   Medical dictionary

• cough suppressant — see antitussive …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Cough — A young boy coughing due to pertussis (Whooping Cough). ICD 10 R05 ICD …   Wikipedia

• suppressant — [sə pres′ənt] n. something, esp. a drug, that tends to suppress an action, condition, etc. [a cough suppressant] …   English World dictionary

• suppressant — sup·press·ant sə pres ənt adj SUPPRESSIVE suppressant n an agent (as a drug) that tends to suppress or reduce in intensity rather than eliminate something <a cough suppressant> * * * sup·pres·sant (sə presґənt) 1. inducing… …   Medical dictionary

• suppressant — sup•pres•sant [[t]səˈprɛs ənt[/t]] n. pha a substance that suppresses an undesirable action or condition: a cough suppressant[/ex] • Etymology: 1940–45 …   From formal English to slang

• suppressant — /səˈprɛsənt/ (say suh presuhnt) noun a substance, especially a medication, which acts to suppress or reduce the intensity of a specific symptom: a cough suppressant …  

• 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

• suppressant — sup|press|ant [səˈpresənt] n appetite/cough/pain etc suppressant a drug or medicine that makes you less hungry, cough less etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• suppressant — noun Suppressant is used after these nouns: ↑cough …   Collocations dictionary

• Suppressant, cough — A drug used to control coughing, particularly with a dry, nagging, unproductive cough …   Medical dictionary