expectoration
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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.
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