expectoration

noun — 2 senses

expectoration

noun
1

Medicine, Physiology, Sciences Usually The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.

2

Medicine, Physiology, Sciences Usually That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

Related terms
mucolysis

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