expectoration meaning

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expectoration (noun): the process of coughing up and spitting out.

expectoration has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

expectoration as a noun

  1. the process of coughing up and spitting out

    Type of: bodily process

    Related forms: expectorate

  2. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

    Synonyms: spit, spitting

    Type of: expulsion

    Related forms: expectorate

Scrabble score: 24 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with EX · words ending in ON · 13-letter words

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