Associations to the word «Sputum»
Noun
- Cough
- Smear
- Coughing
- Tb
- Tuberculosis
- Pneumonia
- Saliva
- Urine
- Biopsy
- Lung
- Secretion
- Antibiotic
- Microorganism
- Infection
- Bacterium
- Spit
- Diagnosis
- Fluid
- Microscopy
- Asthma
- Stain
- Cul
- Sample
- Fever
- Symptom
- Airway
- Stool
- Chest
- Carcinoma
- Specimen
- Chill
- Breathing
- Foul
- Patient
- Germ
- Dispersal
- Washing
- Blood
- Smoker
- Tissue
- Diarrhea
- Fatigue
- Sweat
- Culture
- Gram
- Abnormality
- Examination
- Organism
- Digestion
- Clump
- Hiv
- Tract
- Microscope
- Inflammation
- Tumor
- Fungus
- Laboratory
- Disease
- Cancer
Adjective
Wiktionary
SPUTUM, 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.
Dictionary definition
SPUTUM, noun. Expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.