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单词 expectoration
释义

expectorate /ek-spekˈtə-rāt/

transitive verb
  1. To expel from the chest, air-passages or lungs by coughing, etc
  2. To spit out
intransitive verb
  1. To discharge or eject phlegm from the throat
  2. To spit
ORIGIN: L expectorāre, -ātum, from ex from, and pectus, pectoris breast

expecˈtorant adjective

Tending to promote expectoration

noun

A medicine that promotes expectoration

expectorāˈtion noun

  1. The act of expectorating
  2. Something which is expectorated
  3. Spittle or phlegm

expecˈtorātive adjective

Having the quality of promoting expectoration

expecˈtorātor noun

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