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1 Expectoration -- rank: 1000

Expectoration definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary EXPECTORA'TION, n. The act ... the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spit, spitting, expectoration] Merriam Webster's noun see expectorate Webster's 1913 Dictionary Expectoration Ex*pec`to*ra"tion, n. [Cf. F. expectoration.] 1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the ...

2 Spit -- rank: 453

... the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spit, spitting, expectoration] v 1: expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum ... slightly or in flurries 3. to make a noise suggesting expectoration ; sputter IV. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) spittle ... drizzle, drool, drum, duplicate, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, eject, empierce, expectorate, expectoration, fall, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, fix, fizz, fizzle, fizzling ...

3 Hemoptysis -- rank: 358

... spitting, from ptyein to spit — more at spew Date: 1646 expectoration of blood from some part of the respiratory tract Webster ... blood + ? to spit: cf. F. h['e]moptysie.] (Med.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane ...

4 Expectorate -- rank: 358

... or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting 2. spit • expectoration noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. (also absol.) cough or ... spit out (phlegm etc.) from the chest or lungs. Derivatives: expectoration n. expectorator n. Etymology: L expectorare expectorat- (as EX-(1 ...

5 Anacathartic -- rank: 358

... a purging. See Cathartic.] Throwing upwards; cleansing by exciting vomiting, expectoration, etc. ANACATHAR'TIC, n. A medicine which excites discharges by ... i. e., by vomiting; ? + ?. See Cathartic.] (Med.) Producing vomiting or expectoration. -- n. An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.

6 Expectorant -- rank: 358

... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a medicine promoting expectoration [syn: expectorant, expectorator] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1782 an ... from the breast: cf. F. expectorant.] (Med.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs ...

7 Fumigation -- rank: 226

... the healing art by inhaling the smoke of certain substances. Expectoration is often assisted and sometimes ulcers of the lungs healed ...

8 Foam -- rank: 226

... down, dribble, drivel, driven snow, drool, dust, effervescence, eiderdown, ether, expectoration, extinguisher, fairy, feather, feather bed, feathers, ferment, fire apparatus, fire ...

9 expectorator -- rank: 226

... from the mouth) [syn: spitter, expectorator] 2: a medicine promoting expectoration [syn: expectorant, expectorator]

10 Expectorative -- rank: 226

... 1828 Dictionary EXPEC'TORATIVE, a. Having the quality of promoting expectoration. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Expectorative Ex*pec"to*ra*tive ...

11 pneumonic plague -- rank: 226

... person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever [syn: pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia ...

12 Saliva -- rank: 226

... bile, chyle, colostrum, digestion, digestive system, discharge, dribble, drivel, drool, expectoration, foam, froth, gastric juice, gastrointestinal tract, gleet, humor, ichor, ingestion ...

13 Asthma -- rank: 226

... a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Asthma is a lung condition which ...

14 drool -- rank: 226

... burble, bushwa, claptrap, dither, dote, double-talk, dribble, drivel, expectorate, expectoration, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, foam, folderol, froth, fudge, fustian, gabble ...

15 Drivel -- rank: 226

... claptrap, consume, crap, dither, dote, double-talk, dribble, drool, expectorate, expectoration, eyewash, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flapdoodle, flummery, foam, folderol, fritter, froth ...