expectorates
Ejects from throat
Expectorates means coughs up and spits out phlegm or mucus from the respiratory tract.
Medical contexts use it neutrally: The patient expectorates blood-tinged sputum.
More broadly, to expectorate is simply to spit: He expectorated into the gutter.
The word lends clinical detachment to an act most find distasteful.
Viscous airway secretion
- sputumExpelled lung mucus
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
- secretionSubstance released by glands
loogie · gob · discharge · bronchial · viscous · stringy · bloody · purulent
Expelled mouth moisture
- hawkTaloned predatory bird
- ejectThrow out forcibly
- expelRemove forcibly from membership
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
cough up · bring up · clear · hock · gob · spew · projectile · forceful
Inflamed airway disease
- pneumoniaInfected, inflamed lung tissue
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
- cystic fibrosisGenetic disorder thickening mucus
emphysema · whooping cough · pertussis · croup · tracheitis · laryngitis · bronchiolitis · respiratory infection
Agent dissolving viscous secretions
- guaifenesinExpectorant that thins phlegm
- cough syrupMedicated liquid for hacking
- antitussiveMedication reducing cough reflex
- bronchodilatorMedication widening lung passages
inhaler · nebulizer · steam inhalation · humidifier · hydration · loosen
Intense physical disgust
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- grossTotal before subtractions
- unsanitaryLacking proper cleanliness
- spittingOral fluid ejection
public · rude · unhygienic · offensive · distasteful · vulgar · crude · impolite
phlegm
Viscous airway secretion
secretion · loogie · gob · discharge · bronchial · viscous · stringy · bloody · purulent · frothy
spit
Expelled mouth moisture
discharge · cough up · bring up · clear · hock · gob · spew · projectile · forceful · voluntary
bronchitis
Inflamed airway disease
- pneumoniaInfected, inflamed lung tissue
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
cystic fibrosis · emphysema · whooping cough · pertussis · croup · tracheitis · laryngitis · bronchiolitis · respiratory infection · lung disease
mucolytic
Agent dissolving viscous secretions
- guaifenesinExpectorant that thins phlegm
- cough syrupMedicated liquid for hacking
- antitussiveMedication reducing cough reflex
bronchodilator · inhaler · nebulizer · steam inhalation · humidifier · hydration · loosen
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- grossTotal before subtractions
- unsanitaryLacking proper cleanliness
spitting · public · rude · unhygienic · offensive · distasteful · vulgar · crude · impolite · taboo
expectoratesswallows
Gulps or migratory birds
retains · suppresses · keeps down · stifles
expectorate, expectoration, expectorated, expectorating, expectorations