different between expectoration vs dejecta

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

expectoration (usually uncountable, plural expectorations)

1. (physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
2. (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

Translations

French

Etymology

From expectorer +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.sp?k.t?.?a.sj??/

Noun

expectoration f (plural expectorations)

1. expectoration

Further reading

• “expectoration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin dejecta (“things which have been cast away”), neuter plural of dejectus, past participle of dejicio (“I cast away”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??d??k.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??d??k.t?/, /di?d??k.t?/

Noun

dejecta pl (plural only)

1. (medicine, zoology) any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.
2. excrements

   the dejecta of the sick

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References

Latin

Adjective

d?jecta

1. nominative feminine singular of d?jectus
2. nominative neuter plural of d?jectus
3. accusative neuter plural of d?jectus
4. vocative feminine singular of d?jectus
5. vocative neuter plural of d?jectus

Adjective

d?ject?

1. ablative feminine singular of d?jectus