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expectorate /ɪkˈspɛktəreɪt, ɛk-/
▶verb cough or spit out (phlegm) from the throat or lungs.
– derivatives
expectoration noun.
expectoration noun.
– origin C17: from L. expectorat-, expectorare ‘expel from the chest’, based on pectus ‘breast’.
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