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Expektoration — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • expectoration noun The act of clearing mucus or phlegm from the throat or lungs, whether by cough, by hawking, or by spitting it out.

Senses

Expektoration is used for these senses in English:

  • expectoration (physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
  • expectoration (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

expectoration — full definition

  1. noun The act of clearing mucus or phlegm from the throat or lungs, whether by cough, by hawking, or by spitting it out.
  2. noun Phlegm or mucus that has been coughed up and spat out.
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