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nounthe act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)type of:
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nounthe process of coughing up and spitting out
Definition that contains expectoration
- expectorant a medicine promoting expectoration
- plague pneumonia a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
- pneumonic plague a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
- pulmonic plague a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
- expectorator a medicine promoting expectoration