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expectoration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | spit, spitting |
| Type of | projection, ejection, expulsion, forcing out |
| Derivation | expectorate |
expectoration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process |
| Derivation | expectorate |
Examples of expectoration
expectoration
Cough with the expectoration of thick sputum is the primary sign of chronic bronchitis.
From the stltoday.com
Hence a week of mastication, expectoration and cogitation.
From the independent.co.uk
Romantic milieux are destroyed by nasal expectoration.
From the guardian.co.uk
Spitting or expectoration is the act of forcibly ejecting saliva or other substances from the mouth.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Consider his latest expectoration for Slate.
From the scienceblogs.com
Less than a tenth of those who are examined have tuberculosis bacilli in their expectoration, i.e. in the mucus they cough up.
From the sciencedaily.com
Leaf decoctions or herbal teas were used for expectoration, consumption, dry cough, bronchitis, sore throat and hemorrhoids.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Undocumented patients exhibited an increased frequency of cough, bloody expectoration, and a much longer duration of symptoms prior to hospitalization compared to U.S.-born patients.
From the sciencedaily.com
- The process of coughing up and spitting out
- Spit: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
- Spitting or expectoration is the act of forcibly ejecting saliva or other substances from the mouth. It is currently considered rude and a social taboo in many parts of the world including the West, while in some such as China it is considered more acceptable. ...
- The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting; That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus
- A big polysyllabic word for sputum or the act of bringing up and spitting out sputum. From the Latin expectorare, to expel from the chest, from ex-, out of + pectus, chest.
