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Definition of Expectoration
1. Noun. The process of coughing up and spitting out.
Derivative terms: Expectorate
2. Noun. The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva).
Generic synonyms: Ejection, Expulsion, Forcing Out, Projection
Derivative terms: Expectorate, Spit, Spit
Definition of Expectoration
1. n. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
Definition of Expectoration
1. Noun. The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting. ¹
2. Noun. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expectoration
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Expectoration
1. 1. Mucus and other fluids formed in the air passages and upper food passages (the mouth), and expelled by coughing. See: sputum. 2. The act of spitting; the expelling from the mouth of saliva, mucus, and other material from the air or upper food passages. Synonym: spitting. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expectoration
Literary usage of Expectoration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report. by Henry Phipps Institute (1907)
"expectoration IN TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LUNGS. expectoration is one of the most
common symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis—at least in adults. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1831)
"The most rapid and marked amendment followed—the foctor of the breath and
expectoration disappearing in a few days. The remedy was omitted, ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1886)
"expectoration was quite abundant, and cough distressing and frequent. First injection,
given November 28th, was followed by very slight pain, ..."
4. Clinical Medicine: A Systematic Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of by Austin Flint (1879)
"If there be any expectoration, it consists of only a little mucus, provided a
bronchitis did not exist at the time of the pleuritic attack. ..."
5. Tuberculosis as a disease of the masses and how to combat it by Sigard Adolphus Knopf (1908)
"A. Destruction of Tuberculous expectoration.—Consumptives and those living with
them must know that all precautionary measures are instituted in the ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1883)
"The second case was one of bronchiectasis, with copious foetid expectoration, in
a woman aged 29. The sputa amounted to 800 or 1000 ccm. per diem. ..."
7. A Manual of the Practice of Medicine: Prepared Especially for Students by Arthur Albert Stevens (1892)
"Cough without expectoration is especially observed in the beginning of ...
expectoration Mucoid sputum is noted especially in the beginning of acute ..."
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