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verb ex·pec·to·rate \ik-ˈspek-tə-ˌrāt\

Definition of expectorate

expectorated

;

expectorating
  1. transitive verb

  2. 1 :  to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting

  3. 2 :  spit

  4. intransitive verb

  5. 1 :  to discharge matter from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting

  6. 2 :  spit

expectoration

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Origin and Etymology of expectorate

Latin expectoratus, past participle of expectorare to banish from the mind (taken to mean literally “to expel from the chest”), from ex- + pector-, pectus breast, soul — more at pectoral

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expectorate

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verb ex·pec·to·rate \-tə-ˌrāt\

Medical Definition of expectorate

expectorated

;

expectorating

  1. 1

  2. transitive verb

    3. :  to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting

  3. 2:  spit

  4. 1

  5. intransitive verb

    6. :  to discharge matter from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting

  6. 2:  spit

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