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Expectoration: A big polysyllabic word for sputum or the act of bringing up and spitting out sputum. From the Latin expectorare, to expel from the chest, from ex-, out of + pectus, chest.
Expectoration: A big polysyllabic word for sputum or the act of bringing up and spitting out sputum. From the Latin expectorare, to expel from the chest, from ex-, out of ...
ex·pec·to·rate (k-sp k t-r t) v. ex·pec·to·rat·ed, ex·pec·to·rat·ing, ex·pec·to·rates. v. tr. 1. To eject from the mouth; spit. 2. To cough up and eject ...
expectoration /ex·pec·to·ra·tion/ (ek-spek″ter-a´shun) 1. the coughing up and spitting out of material from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea.
The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting. · That which is expectorated, as ...
noun 1. the act of expectorating . 2. matter that is expectorated . Origin: 1665–75; expectorate + -ion :10 :09 :08 :07 :06 :05 :04 :03 :02 :01 Expectoration has a ...