Search Result for "expectoration":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. the process of coughing up and spitting out;
2. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva);
[syn: spit, spitting, expectoration]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus. [1913 Webster]
