expectoration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expectoration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for expectoration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expectoration n the process of coughing up and spitting out the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) Synonym(s): spit, spitting, expectoration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expectoration \Expec`tora"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.