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Definition of Expectorates
1. expectorate [v] - See also: expectorate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expectorates
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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