sputum
IPA: spjˈutʌm
noun
- (physiology) Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.
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Examples of "sputum" in Sentences
- He spitted sputum.
- Clear sputum is likely to be present.
- Examination of sputum may reveal signs of the bacteria.
- Diagnostic tools include x rays and examination of the sputum.
- Unembryonated eggs are passed in the sputum of a human or feline.
- As the disease progressed, sputum became free flowing and bright red.
- Also, if he had had what's known as a sputum test, which is an important.
- This cough may be productive, with expectoration of thick, viscous sputum.
- A classic sign of pulmonary edema is the production of pink frothy sputum.
- The volume of secretions aspirated were collected in a sputum trap and recorded.
- This can only happen with the establishment of centres where the patient's sputum is examined without cost for tubercle bacilli.
- Number two is they do something called a sputum test, where they actually look at the saliva to determine if the bacteria is in there.
- He also had what's known as a sputum or smear test looking at whether or not he was actually having the bacteria on -- coming out of his breath.
- The technique, known as sputum microscopy, calls for sticking a piece of bloody phlegm under a microscope, adding a stain, and looking for the bacteria.
- Another one is something called a sputum test, or a smear test they call it, as well, where you actually cough or something into -- you induce a cough and cough on to a little dish.
- "Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested - 'sputum' - and the staff got tense when she began slapping him over and over and over again on the arm."
- Katie's spokesman said she read the script beforehand but the word sputum was inserted afterwards and she mispronounced it sputum on the air, which explains why she was annoyed at the writer.
- Katie ` s spokesman says she read the skip beforehand but the word sputum was inserted afterwards and she mispronounced it, "spa-tum" on the air, which explains why she was annoyed at the writer.
- But Andrew Speaker here has, over the last three days, has undergone a series of what they call sputum tests, which essentially requires him to drink salt water and then cough into a tube and then take samples from inside that tube and look for that TB infection.