expectoration
the act of expectorating.
matter that is expectorated.
Origin of expectoration
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How to use expectoration in a sentence
Are there enough devices to handle the ingestion and expectoration?
Truffaldino brought him the vessel, examined the expectoration, and found in it a mass of rancid rotten rhymes.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first | Count Carlo GozziThe patient was greatly distressed in breathing, in consequence of difficult expectoration.
Not a bad plan, in the circumstances,—especially if you have so wonderful a turn for expectoration by speech.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleTowards the end of the year 1783, became affected with slight cough and expectoration of purulent matter.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses | William Withering
His cough was particularly troublesome in the morning, and was relieved by a free expectoration of frothy mucus.
An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis | Archibald Makellar
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