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Expectoration vs Dejecta - What's the difference?

expectoration | dejecta |

As nouns the difference between expectoration and dejecta

is that expectoration is the action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting while dejecta is any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the bodygordh and headrick (2011) a dictionary of entomology'' [http://booksgooglecom/books?id=9icmceajp6cc&pg=pa421 p421][http://wwwthefreedictionarycom/dejecta ''dejecta''] at ''thefreedictionary'' dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so ondhaar (‎2008) ''foundations of community medicine , 2/e.

expectoration

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
  • That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

    • dejecta

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body.Gordh and Headrick (2011) A Dictionary of Entomology'' p.421][http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dejecta ''dejecta'' at ''thefreedictionary'' Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.Dhaar (?2008) ''Foundations of Community Medicine , 2/e
    • p.362]Mavis Kirkham ?(2007) Exploring the Dirty Side of Women's Health [http://books.google.com/books?id=b8eF2w1GwbUC&pg=PA35 p.35
  • excrements
    • the dejecta of the sick
    (Webster 1913)

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