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Webster 1913 Edition
Expectoration
Ex-pecˊto-ra′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
expectoration
.] 1.
The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
2.
That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
Webster 1828 Edition
Expectoration
EXPECTORA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
expectoration
expectoration
English
Noun
expectoration (usually uncountable, plural expectorations)
- (physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
- (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
Translations
the act
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