expectoration
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
expectoration (usually uncountable, plural expectorations)
- (physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
- (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
Translations edit
the act
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that which is expectorated
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See also edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From expectorer + -ation.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
expectoration f (plural expectorations)
Further reading edit
- “expectoration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.