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What does expectorate mean?

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  1. To cough up fluid from the lungs.
  2. To spit.
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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.
Besides, who could like an instrument where all you do is expectorate into metal tubes!
Intake of these fluids will promote adequate hydration and help thin out mucus secretions, making it easier to cough up and expectorate.
A major advantage of sputum induction, however, is that patients who are normally unable to expectorate can almost always produce sputum after inhaling hypertonic saline.
According to an independent survey on spitting this year showed that 300 million Chinese expectorate in public.
If accidental contact occurs, flush mucosa with plenty of water and expectorate water.

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