protussive

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adjective

Enhancing coughing, either by making coughing more frequent or by increasing expectoration.

“Coordinate term: antitussive”

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Meanings

adjectiveprotussive (comparative more protussive, superlative most protussive)

comparative more protussive · superlative most protussive

  1. medicineEnhancing coughing, either by making coughing more frequent or by increasing expectoration.

    Coordinate term: antitussive

nounprotussive (plural protussives)

plural protussives

  1. medicineA protussive agent.

    Coordinate term: antitussive

Origin

From pro- + tussive.

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Translations

Finnish yskää aiheuttava
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German protussiv, auswurffördernd
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Polish wzmacniający kaszel
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APA

protussive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protussive

MLA

“protussive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protussive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protussive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protussive.

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