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anticough

anticough

English

Adjective

anticough (not comparable)

  1. (of a medicine) Suppressing coughing.
    • 2007 August 16, Gardiner Harris, “Parents Warned Cough Medicines Imperil Infants”, in New York Times:
      Among the ingredients that have caused concern are anticough medicines including dextromethorphan, which is the DM in many preparations.

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