Advertisement

expectoration (n.)

"act of discharging phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting," 1670s, noun of action from expectorate.

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of expectoration from WordNet

expectoration (n.)
the process of coughing up and spitting out;
expectoration (n.)
the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva);
Synonyms: spit / spitting
From wordnet.princeton.edu