(noun) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
(noun) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
Expectoration tanım:
Kelime: ex·pec·to·rate Söyleniş:-t&-"rAt İşlev:verb Türleri:-rat·ed; -rat·ing Kökeni: Latin expectoratus, past participle of expectorare to banish from the mind (taken to mean literally "to expel from the chest"), from ex- pector-, pectus breast, soul -- more at PECTORAL transitive senses 1 : to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting 2: SPIT intransitive senses 1 : to discharge matter from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting 2: SPIT - ex·pec·to·ra·tion /-"spek-t&-'rA-sh&n/ noun