expectoration

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expectoration - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Expectoration \Ex*pec`to*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. expectoration.]
     1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or
        lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
        [1913 Webster]

expectoration - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  expectoration
      n 1: the process of coughing up and spitting out
      2: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn:
         spit, spitting, expectoration]