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EXPECTORATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

Synonyms:

expectoration; spit; spitting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("expectoration" is a kind of...):

ejection; expulsion; forcing out; projection (the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting)

Derivation:

expectorate (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process of coughing up and spitting out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("expectoration" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

Derivation:

expectorate (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)

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