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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expectorate /ɪkˈspɛktəreɪt, ɛk-/

▶verb cough or spit out (phlegm) from the throat or lungs.

– derivatives
expectoration noun.

– origin C17: from L. expectorat-, expectorare ‘expel from the chest’, based on pectus ‘breast’.

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