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expectoration
DEFINITIONS OF:
expectoration
1
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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