expectoration

[ ik-spek-tuh-rey-shuhn ]

/ ɪkˌspɛk təˈreɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of expectorating.

matter that is expectorated.

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Origin of expectoration

First recorded in 1665–75; expectorate + -ion

Words nearby expectoration

expected utility, expected value, expecting, expectorant, expectorate, expectoration, expediate, expediency, expedient, expediential, expeditate

How to use expectoration in a sentence

Are there enough devices to handle the ingestion and expectoration?
How to Survive a Filibuster|Kent Sepkowitz|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Truffaldino brought him the vessel, examined the expectoration, and found in it a mass of rancid rotten rhymes.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
The patient was greatly distressed in breathing, in consequence of difficult expectoration.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various
Not a bad plan, in the circumstances,—especially if you have so wonderful a turn for expectoration by speech.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

Towards the end of the year 1783, became affected with slight cough and expectoration of purulent matter.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses|William Withering
His cough was particularly troublesome in the morning, and was relieved by a free expectoration of frothy mucus.
An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis|Archibald Makellar

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