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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Expectoration \Ex*pec`to*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. expectoration.] 1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting. 2. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expectoration n 1: the process of coughing up and spitting out 2: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: {spit}, {spitting}]
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