expectorating
Coughing up mucus
Expectorating is coughing or spitting up phlegm or mucus from the respiratory tract.
The word appears most often in medical contexts or on signs prohibiting the practice: No expectorating on the sidewalk.
It's a formal way to describe what most people just call spitting or coughing something up.
Viscous airway secretion
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
- sputumExpelled lung mucus
- coughingForceful air expulsion reflex
- bronchitisInflamed airway disease
pneumonia · tuberculosis · congestion · lungs · bronchi · trachea · pulmonary · wheeze
Mouth's digestive secretion
- gobShapeless soft lump
- loogieExpectorated mucus glob
- ptooeySpitting exclamation
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
eject · expel · spittoon · cuspidor · tobacco · betel · chewing · projectile
Intense physical disgust
- grossTotal before subtractions
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- unsanitaryLacking proper cleanliness
vulgar · uncouth · impolite · crude · distasteful · nauseating · foul · sickening
Treeless space in forest
- dislodgingFreeing from fixed position
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- decongestionRemoval of blockage
breathing · expulsion · purging · ridding · productive
phlegm
Viscous airway secretion
bronchitis · pneumonia · tuberculosis · congestion · lungs · bronchi · trachea · pulmonary · wheeze · asthma
saliva
Mouth's digestive secretion
discharge · eject · expel · spittoon · cuspidor · tobacco · betel · chewing · projectile · spray
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- grossTotal before subtractions
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
unsanitary · vulgar · uncouth · impolite · crude · distasteful · nauseating · foul · sickening · rude
clearing
Treeless space in forest
- dislodgingFreeing from fixed position
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
decongestion · breathing · expulsion · purging · ridding · productive
expectoratingswallowing
Ingesting via throat muscles
ingesting · inhaling · gulping · imbibing · aspirating