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expectorate
ex·pec·to·rate [ ik spéktə ràyt ] (past and past participle ex·pec·to·rat·ed, present participle ex·pec·to·rat·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·pec·to·rates)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
cough up and spit out phlegm: to cough up and spit out phlegm, thus clearing the bronchial passages
[Early 17th century. < Latin expectorat-, past participle of expectorare "get out of the chest" < pectus "chest, breast"]

ex·pec·to·ra·tion [ ik spèktə ráysh'n ] noun
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