Defn: Expectative. [R.] Shipley.
EXPECTORANT Ex*pec"to*rant, a. Etym: [L. expectorans, p. pr. of expectorare to drive from the breast: cf. F. expectorant.] (Med.)
Defn: Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. — n.
Defn: An expectorant medicine.
EXPECTORATE
Ex*pec"to*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expectorated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Expectorating.] Etym: [L. expecrorare to drive from the breast; ex
out + pectus, pectiris, breast. See Pectoral.]
Defn: To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.
EXPECTORATE
Ex*pec"to*rate, v. i.
Defn: To discharge matter from the lungs or throat bu hawking and spitting; to spit.
EXPECTORATION
Ex*pec`to*ra"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. expectoration.]
1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.