expectoration
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
expectoration (usually uncountable, plural expectorations)
- (physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
- (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
Translations
the act
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that which is expectorated
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French
Etymology
From expectorer + -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
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Further reading
- “expectoration” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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