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
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.