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Definition of Expectorating
1. expectorate [v] - See also: expectorate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expectorating
Literary usage of Expectorating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Keynotes and characteristics with comparisons of some of the leading by Henry Clay Allen (1899)
"Coughing or expectorating relieves hoarseness ; hard pressure (Col.). Stannum follows
well : after, Caust., and is followed by Cal., Phos., Sil., Sulph., ..."
2. Elements of Homoeopathic Practice of Physic by Joseph Laurie (1852)
"... extreme pectoral oppression ; dyspnoea, compelling the patient to sit up,
meliorated after coughing and expectorating ; nocturnal attacks of ..."
3. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1895)
"expectorating on the floors of public conveyances, public buildings and homes,
by all persons, sick or well, ought to and can be stopped, either through the ..."
4. The Fetish Folk of West Africa by Robert H. Milligan (1912)
"... as many as can crowd inside, and sit about on the floorf j quietly expectorating,
or smoking and expectorating, bat always expectorating. ..."
5. Therapeutic Gazette (1891)
"She has been coughing since last winter, sometimes expectorating very little,
... Had haemoptysis first last January, expectorating then three ounces of ..."
6. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1896)
"The crowding of and expectorating in street cars have much to do with the ...
Church-going people get along without expectorating on the floors of their ..."
7. Pulmonary tuberculosis: Its Modern Prophylaxis and the Treatment in Special by Sigard Adolphus Knopf (1899)
"The habit of expectorating in a handkerchief should be considered as dangerous
as expectorating on the ground, for the frequent unfolding of a handkerchief ..."
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