expectoration

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === expectoration (usually uncountable, plural expectorations) (physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting. (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== mucolysis == French == === Etymology === From expectorer +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === expectoration f (plural expectorations) expectoration === Further reading === “expectoration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012