expectorating

UK
/ɪkˈspɛktəreɪtɪŋ/
US
/ɪkˈspɛktəˌreɪtɪŋ/
expectorateverb

expectorating

Gerund

expectorated
Past Simple
expectorated
Past Participle
expectorating
Gerund
UK
/ɪkˈspɛktəreɪt/
US
/ɪkˈspɛktəˌreɪt/
Traductions
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.
Traductions supplémentaires
cracherSens général, souvent avec idée de rejet forcé de salive ou de liquide.
Définitions
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.
Synonymes
cough up
bring up
expectoratenoun
Définitions
Material, such as sputum or phlegm, that has been coughed up and spat out.
The nurse labeled the expectorate sample for further testing.