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expectoration

DEFINITIONS OF: expectoration

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n the process of coughing up and spitting out

Type of:
activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
an organic process that takes place in the body

n the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

Synonyms:
spit, spitting
Type of:
ejection, expulsion, forcing out, projection
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
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