expectoration
1. the process of coughing up and spitting out • Derivationally related forms: expectorate • Hypernyms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity 2. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) • Syn: spit, spitting • Derivationally related forms: expectorate, spit (for: spitting), spit (for: spit) • Hypernyms: expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out
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