cough medicine

Meanings

nouncough medicine (countable and uncountable, plural cough medicines)

countableuncountableA medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions, usually in liquid or syrup form.
Synonyms: antitussive, antitussive medicine, cough mixture, cough remedy, cough syrup, linctus

nounA medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions, usually in liquid or syrup form.

Similar

Finnish yskänlääke

yskänlääkemedication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions

German Antitussivum, Hustenarznei

Antitussivummedication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
Hustenarzneimedication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
Hustenmedikamentmedication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
Hustenmedizinmedication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
Hustenmittelmedication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions

Greek αντιβηχικός

αντιβηχικός (antivichikós)medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions

Swedish hostmedicin

hostmedicinmedication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions

Turkish öksürük ilacı

öksürük ilacımedication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions

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APA

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MLA

“cough medicine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cough%20medicine. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cough medicine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cough%20medicine.