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Webster 1913 Edition

, a.

[L.

bechicus

, adj., for a cough, Gr.

[GREEK]

, fr.

[GREEK]

cough: cf. F.

béchique

(Med.)

Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough.

Thomas.

–

Noun.

A medicine for relieving coughs.

Quincy.

Noun.

[Gr.a cough.] A medicine for relieving coughs, synonymous with pectoral, which is now the term mostly used.