Expectoration

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  • n. The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
  • n. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
  • n. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of discharging phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing or hawking and spitting; euphemistically, a spitting.
  • n. The matter expectorated.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the process of coughing up and spitting out
  • n. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
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