Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expectoration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expectoration \Ex*pec`to*ra"tion\, n. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expectoration
n 1: the process of coughing up and spitting out
2: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: {spit},
{spitting}]
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