expectoration in English dictionary

  • expectoration

    Meanings and definitions of "expectoration"

    • The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
    • That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
    • noun
      (physiology)
      The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
    • noun
      (physiology)
      That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
    • the act
    • that which is expectorated
    • The act of expectorating.
    • Matter that is expectorated.
    • noun
      the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
    • noun
      the process of coughing up and spitting out

    Synonyms of "expectoration" in English dictionary

    bodily process, expulsion, spitting are the top synonyms of "expectoration" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of expectoration

    • expectoration (usually uncountable, plural expectorations)

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