expectoration
[ik-spek-tuh-rey-shuh n]
- the act of expectorating.
- matter that is expectorated.
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Origin of expectoration
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Examples from the Web for expectoration
Contemporary Examples
Are there enough devices to handle the ingestion and expectoration?
Historical Examples
At this time the cough was severe, and the expectoration difficult.
Zoonomia, Vol. IIErasmus Darwin
There is nothing new or unnatural in this repression, this tabu on expectoration.
Preventable DiseasesWoods Hutchinson
In pneumonia the expectoration was often bloody, which pleased him mightily.
The Treatment of Hay FeverGeorge Frederick Laidlaw
Severe cold settled on the lungs, attended with cough and expectoration?
Every Man his own DoctorR. T. Claridge
The object of the expectoration was to prevent Elidore's seeing his way back.
More Celtic Fairy TalesVarious
Word Origin and History for expectoration
n.
1670s, noun of action from expectorate.
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