expectorations
What you hack up
Expectorations are substances coughed up and expelled from the respiratory tract—phlegm, mucus, or sputum.
The term appears in medical contexts describing what patients produce when clearing their lungs: The doctor examined the patient's expectorations for signs of infection.
More broadly, any act of spitting out can be an expectoration.
Expelled lung mucus
- phlegmViscous airway secretion
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
- bronchialOf lung airways
- pulmonaryOf the lungs
secretions · catarrh · postnasal · tracheal · laryngeal · bronchitis · pneumonia · tuberculosis
Sport using trained raptors
- gobShapeless soft lump
- loogieExpectorated mucus glob
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
- spittleExpelled mouth secretion
ptooey · hocking · ejecting · projectile · spray · discharge · expel · spittoon
Identification of illness
- cultureCollective social practices
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
specimen · laboratory · cytology · tuberculin · smear · microscopy · clinical · symptomatic
sputum
Expelled lung mucus
pulmonary · secretions · catarrh · postnasal · tracheal · laryngeal · bronchitis · pneumonia · tuberculosis · asthma
hawking
Sport using trained raptors
spittle · ptooey · hocking · ejecting · projectile · spray · discharge · expel · spittoon · cuspidor
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- cultureCollective social practices
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
antibiotics · specimen · laboratory · cytology · tuberculin · smear · microscopy · clinical · symptomatic
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
grossness · offensive · vile · repugnant · foulness · unsanitary · uncouth · vulgar · crude · impolite
expectorationsinhalations
Acts of breathing in
aspirations · inspirations · ingestions · swallowing · deglutition