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Webster 1913 Edition


Expectoration

Ex-pecˊto-ra′tion

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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.
The act of discharging phlegm or mucus from the lungs, by coughing, hawking and spitting.

Definition 2024


expectoration

expectoration

English

Noun

expectoration (usually uncountable, plural expectorations)

  1. (physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
  2. (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

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