Type and usage of expectoration from BoostVocab

expectoration

/ɪk,spɛktə'reɪʃən/

noun
the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
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Similar:

spit spitting

type of:
projection ejection expulsion forcing out
noun
the process of coughing up and spitting out
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type of:
activity bodily function bodily process body process

Definition that contains expectoration

expectorant a medicine promoting expectoration
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
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

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