expectoration
1. [ noun ] (biology) the process of coughing up and spitting out
Related terms: bodily_process expectorate
2. [ noun ] the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
Synonyms: spitting spit
Related terms: expulsion expectorate
Similar spelling:   expectation
  expectorate
  expectorant
  expectorator
  expectancy
  expectedness
  expectable
  expectantly