Coughing Up (Noun)
Meaning
The act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The patient was coughing up blood and was immediately rushed to the emergency room.
- After a severe case of pneumonia, she was coughing up phlegm for weeks.
- The doctor warned that coughing up mucus was a normal part of the recovery process.
- He was coughing up a lung, and his family was getting worried about his health.
- The child was coughing up her breakfast, and her parents took her to see a pediatrician.