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expectoration
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun expectoration has 2 senses
- expectoration(n = noun.process) Array - the process of coughing up and spitting out; Array is a kind of activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
- expectoration(n = noun.act) spit, spitting - the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva); Array is a kind of ejection, expulsion, forcing out, projection
Derived form verb expectorate2
Derived form verb expectorate2
CIDE DICTIONARY
expectoration, n. [Cf. F. expectoration.].
- The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting. [1913 Webster]
- That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus. [1913 Webster]
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