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EXPECTORATION

\ɛkspˌɛktəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɛkspˌɛktəɹˈe‍ɪʃən], \ɛ_k_s_p_ˌɛ_k_t_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of EXPECTORATION

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The act of spitting; the mucous matter expectorated or ejected.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

1. Sputum; mucus and other fluids formed in the air-passages and expelled by coughing. 2. Spitting; the expelling from the mouth of saliva, mucus, and other material from the air-passages.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Spitting out thoracic secretions.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Act of expectorating: that which is expectorated: spittle.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

The act of expectorating; matter expectorated.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The act of expectorating; the matter discharged.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The act of discharging matter from the air-passages or lungs; the phlegm or mucus ejected by coughing.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Same etymon. The act of expelling from the chest matters or secretions there collected or existing. It is, likewise, used for the expectorated matter.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

The coughing up of sputum from the air-passages ; also, matter expectorated.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See sputum.
The act of expelling from the mouth matter which has been brought to it from the lungs or from the passages which lead to them.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. The act of expectorating;â€”that which is expectorated.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The act of discharging from the breast; the discharge which is made by coughing.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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