OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 8314

expectorate

/ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
expectorar
To cough up fluid from the lungs.
These rules are equally applicable to pneumonia and perhaps also to bronchitis. It will, therefore, be best to call them, not rules for consumptives, but for all persons who cough…
…the gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to expectorate in a new and admirable way.