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What does expectorate mean?

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Verb
  1. To cough up fluid from the lungs.
  2. To spit.
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If accidental contact occurs, flush mucosa with plenty of water and expectorate water.
It is barbarous to expectorate in the temple of your faith, but that doubtless is an extreme case.
As anyone whose had a general anaesthetic will know, you have to cough and expectorate hard pretty much as soon as you come round to clear the anaesthetic out of your lungs.
Several days later, I am able to expectorate thick glair, more and more often.
In our study, almost half of the subjects completing both visits did not expectorate regularly, and thus we had almost twice the number of subjects for analysis.
However, sampling may be difficult in the younger patients and in patients with mild disease who do not expectorate.

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