Definition of Expectorates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of expectorate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expectorates

1. expectorate [v] - See also: expectorate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expectorates

expected value
expectedly
expectedness
expectednesses
expecter
expecters
expectest
expecteth
expecting
expectingly
expective
expectorant
expectorants
expectorate
expectorated
expectorates (current term)
expectorating
expectoration
expectorations
expectorative
expectoratives
expectorator
expects
expede
expediant
expediate
expediated
expediates
expediating
expedience

Literary usage of Expectorates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1885)
"Emaciated, debilitated, coughs constantly, and expectorates from two to three ounces during 24 hours of thick muco-purulent sputum, occasionally some blood; ..."

2. Preliminary Report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1912 by Robert Ferdinand Wagner, George Moses Price, Holbrook Fitz-John Porter, Violet Leonard Pike, Pauline Dorothea Goldmark, Edward Ewing Pratt (1912)
"Q. You know, in many other cities of the State they are very particular about punishing anybody who expectorates in a public place. Take New York city, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"Coughs slightly, and expectorates with difficulty a reddish mucus (second day); expectorates a thick reddish mucus (third day); expectoration bloody (fourth ..."

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