Definition of Expectorating

1. Verb. (present participle of expectorate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expectorating

1. expectorate [v] - See also: expectorate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expectorating

expectedly
expectedness
expectednesses
expecter
expecters
expectest
expecteth
expecting
expectingly
expective
expectorant
expectorants
expectorate
expectorated
expectorates
expectorating (current term)
expectoration
expectorations
expectorative
expectoratives
expectorator
expects
expede
expediant
expediate
expediated
expediates
expediating
expedience
expediences

Literary usage of Expectorating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Keynotes and characteristics with comparisons of some of the leading by Henry Clay Allen (1899)
"Coughing or expectorating relieves hoarseness ; hard pressure (Col.). Stannum follows well : after, Caust., and is followed by Cal., Phos., Sil., Sulph., ..."

2. Elements of Homoeopathic Practice of Physic by Joseph Laurie (1852)
"... extreme pectoral oppression ; dyspnoea, compelling the patient to sit up, meliorated after coughing and expectorating ; nocturnal attacks of ..."

3. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1895)
"expectorating on the floors of public conveyances, public buildings and homes, by all persons, sick or well, ought to and can be stopped, either through the ..."

4. The Fetish Folk of West Africa by Robert H. Milligan (1912)
"... as many as can crowd inside, and sit about on the floorf j quietly expectorating, or smoking and expectorating, bat always expectorating. ..."

5. Therapeutic Gazette (1891)
"She has been coughing since last winter, sometimes expectorating very little, ... Had haemoptysis first last January, expectorating then three ounces of ..."

6. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1896)
"The crowding of and expectorating in street cars have much to do with the ... Church-going people get along without expectorating on the floors of their ..."

7. Pulmonary tuberculosis: Its Modern Prophylaxis and the Treatment in Special by Sigard Adolphus Knopf (1899)
"The habit of expectorating in a handkerchief should be considered as dangerous as expectorating on the ground, for the frequent unfolding of a handkerchief ..."

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