Expectorate

eks-pek′to-rāt, v.t. to expel from the breast or lungs by coughing, .: to spit forth.— v.i. to discharge or eject phlegm from the throat.— adj. Expec′torant , tending to promote expectoration.— n. a medicine which promotes expectoration.— n. Expect orā′tion , act of expectorating: that which is expectorated: spittle.— adj. Expec′torātive , having the quality of promoting expectoration. [L. expect orāre , -ātum — ex , out of, from, pectus , pectoris , the breast.]