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expectoration|ɛkˌspɛktəˈreɪʃən|
[f. prec. vb.: see -ation.]
1. The action or process of expectorating; discharge of phlegm from the chest by coughing, etc.
1672Sir T. Browne Lett. Friend xv. (1881) 138 Expectoration and spitting out. 1793Beddoes Consumpt. 134 Even when the expectoration..goes on favourably. 1826Scott Woodst. v, A slight expectoration, just like what one makes before beginning a long speech. 1834J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest 84 The varying secretion and expectoration of the pearly sputa. 1860Emerson Cond. Life, Behav. Wks. (Bohn) II. 382 In the pews of the churches [are] little placards..against..expectoration.
fig.1816Scott Antiq. xxii, This expectoration of spleen was suddenly interrupted.
2. concr. Expectorated matter; a quantity of it.
1817Med. Jrnl. XVII. 557 A considerable expectoration mixed with blood. 1843Abdy Water Cure 31 Slimy glutinous expectoration frequently. 1879Khorz Princ. Med. 40 Expectoration may contain mucus, pus, or blood. |