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expectorate

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11 lettersPronunciation /ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aceeeoprttxStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

Word origin

From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorō (“(only figurative) banish from the mind; (post-classical) expel from the breast)”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”).

Used in a sentence

  • These rules are equally applicable to pneumonia and perhaps also to bronchitis. It will, therefore, be best to call them, not rules for consumptives, but for all persons who cough and expectorate .
  • …the gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to expectorate in a new and admirable way.

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