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The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spit, spitting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out
the process of coughing up and spitting out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bashkir:
ҡаҡырыу
(qaqırıw)
— the act
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Bulgarian:
откашляне
(otkašljane)
— the act
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Catalan:
expectoració
— the act
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Finnish:
yskösten irtoaminen
— the act
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French:
expectoration
— the act
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Galician:
expectoración
— the act
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German:
Expektoration
— the act
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Icelandic:
hræking
— the act
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Italian:
espettorazione
— the act
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Japanese:
喀痰
(kakutan)
— the act
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Japanese:
去痰
(kyotan)
— the act
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Māori:
wharonga
— the act
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Polish:
odkrztuszanie
— the act
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Portuguese:
expectoração
— the act
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Romanian:
expectorație
— the act
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Romanian:
expectorare
— the act
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Russian:
отха́ркивание
(otxárkivanije)
— the act
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Russian:
отка́шливание
(otkášlivanije)
— the act
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Spanish:
expectoración
— the act
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Bashkir:
ҡаҡырыҡ
(qaqırıq)
— that which is expectorated
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Bulgarian:
храчка
(hračka)
— that which is expectorated
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Finnish:
yskös
— that which is expectorated
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French:
expectoration
— that which is expectorated
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Galician:
expectoración
— that which is expectorated
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German:
Expektoration
— that which is expectorated
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German:
Auswurf
— that which is expectorated
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Ancient Greek:
χρέμμα
(khrémma)
— that which is expectorated
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Icelandic:
uppgangur
— that which is expectorated
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Icelandic:
hráki
— that which is expectorated
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Japanese:
喀痰
(kakutan)
— that which is expectorated
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Māori:
wharo
— that which is expectorated
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Polish:
plwocina
— that which is expectorated
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Romanian:
expectorație
— that which is expectorated
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Russian:
мокрота́
(mokrotá)
— that which is expectorated
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Spanish:
expectoración
— that which is expectorated
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Telugu:
కఫము
(kaphamu)
— that which is expectorated