Noun: expectoration ek,spek-tu'rey-shun or ik,spek-tu'rey-shun
- The process of coughing up and spitting out
"The patient's expectoration of mucus was a symptom of their respiratory infection"
- The act of spitting, forcefully expelling saliva
"expectoration on the pavement is considered rude and unsanitary";
- spit, spitting
Derived forms: expectorations
Type of: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, ejection, expulsion, forcing out, projection
Encyclopedia: Expectoration