secretolytic

English

Etymology

From secretion +‎ -lytic.

Adjective

secretolytic (comparative more secretolytic, superlative most secretolytic)

1. (medicine) That breaks up secretions (especially phlegm)
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     Benserazide is commercially provided in an oral combination tablet with Levodopa for treatment for Parkinson’s disease, and has been approved and widely utilized in this combination for more than 40 years[40 ] Three other inducers which were not pursued in animal models included: Ambroxol, a drug with secretolytic and secretomotoric actions that restores respiratory physiological clearance mechanisms in bronchopulmonary diseases, which is used as an inhalant.

Noun

secretolytic (plural secretolytics)

1. Any substance or agent of this kind.

Hypernyms

• expectorant

Coordinate terms

• mucolytic
• mucokinetic
• mucoregulator