dictionary help| spitting --> expectoration | medical dictionary |
1. Mucus and other fluids formed in the air passages and upper food passages (the mouth), and expelled by coughing.
See: sputum.
2. The act of spitting; the expelling from the mouth of saliva, mucus, and other material from the air or upper food passages.
Synonyms: spitting.
(05 Mar 2000)
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