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expectorate

/ɪkˈspɛktəreɪt/

/ɪkˈspɛktəˌreɪt/

Translations

expectoratenoun

expectorates

/ɪkˈspektəreɪt/

/ɪkˈspɛktəˌreɪt/

Used chiefly in medical contexts to denote material expelled from the respiratory tract.

expectorationsTerme médical.

The nurse labeled the expectorate sample for further testing.

L’infirmière a étiqueté l’échantillon d’expectorations pour des analyses complémentaires.

Additional translations

crachatsSens courant.

expectorateverb

expectorated

Past Simple

expectorated

Past Participle

expectorating

Gerund

/ɪkˈspɛktəreɪt/

/ɪkˈspɛktəˌreɪt/

expectorerTerme médical, pour évacuer des sécrétions bronchiques en toussant ou en se raclant la gorge.

The doctor advised him to expectorate the mucus to clear his airways.

Le médecin lui a conseillé d’expectorer le mucus pour dégager ses voies respiratoires.

Additional translations

cracherSens général, souvent avec idée de rejet forcé de salive ou de liquide.

Synonyms

cough up

bring up

expectoratenoun

Material, such as sputum or phlegm, that has been coughed up and spat out.

The nurse labeled the expectorate sample for further testing.

expectorateverb

To eject or expel matter, such as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting.

The doctor advised him to expectorate the mucus to clear his airways.

To spit, especially forcefully; to discharge saliva from the mouth.

He stepped outside to expectorate onto the pavement.