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Expectorate vs Hemoptysis - What's the difference?

expectorate | hemoptysis |

As a verb expectorate

is to cough up fluid from the lungs.

As a noun hemoptysis is

(medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system.

expectorate

English

Verb

(expectorat)
  • to cough up fluid from the lungs
  • to spit

    • Related terms

    * expectorant * expectoration

    See also

    * sputum

    External links

    * * *

    hemoptysis

    English

    Alternative forms

    * haemoptysis

    Noun

    (hemoptyses)
  • (medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "hemoptysis")