expectoration

[ ik-spek-tuh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of expectorating.
2. matter that is expectorated.

Word History and Origins

Origin of expectoration¹

First recorded in 1665–75; expectorate + -ion

Example Sentences

Are there enough devices to handle the ingestion and expectoration?

From The Daily Beast

Truffaldino brought him the vessel, examined the expectoration, and found in it a mass of rancid rotten rhymes.

From Project Gutenberg

The patient was greatly distressed in breathing, in consequence of difficult expectoration.

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Not a bad plan, in the circumstances,—especially if you have so wonderful a turn for expectoration by speech.

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Towards the end of the year 1783, became affected with slight cough and expectoration of purulent matter.

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His cough was particularly troublesome in the morning, and was relieved by a free expectoration of frothy mucus.

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