"expectoration" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: expectorations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} expectoration (usually uncountable, plural expectorations)
  1. (physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-expectoration-en-noun-pYVx8W0n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  2. (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Physiology Translations (that which is expectorated): χρέμμα (khrémma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ҡаҡырыҡ (qaqırıq) (Bashkir), храчка (hračka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), yskös (Finnish), expectoration [feminine] (French), expectoración [feminine] (Galician), Expektoration [feminine] (German), Auswurf [masculine] (German), uppgangur [masculine] (Icelandic), hráki [masculine] (Icelandic), 喀痰 (kakutan) (alt: かくたん) (Japanese), wharo (Maori), expectorație [feminine] (Romanian), мокрота́ (mokrotá) [feminine] (Russian), expectoración [feminine] (Spanish), కఫము (kaphamu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-expectoration-en-noun-1AUa43Ab Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences Disambiguation of 'that which is expectorated': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mucolysis Translations (the act): ҡаҡырыу (qaqırıw) (Bashkir), откашляне (otkašljane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), yskösten irtoaminen (Finnish), expectoration [feminine] (French), expectoración [feminine] (Galician), Expektoration [feminine] (German), hræking [feminine] (Icelandic), 喀痰 (kakutan) (alt: かくたん) (Japanese), 去痰 (kyotan) (alt: きょたん) (Japanese), wharonga (Maori), expectoração [feminine] (Portuguese), expectorație [feminine] (Romanian), expectorare [feminine] (Romanian), отха́ркивание (otxárkivanije) [neuter] (Russian), отка́шливание (otkášlivanije) [neuter] (Russian), expectoración [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'the act': 0 0

Inflected forms

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