sputum
noun
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
sputa
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pluralof sputum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I saw you take the sputa of a ague patient and demonstrate the spores and sporangia of the Gemiasma verdans. 3d.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
Expectoration is often absent in these cases; where it exists the sputa are either mucous or muco-purulent.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Koch has found in examining the sputa from numerous cases of phthisis that the bacilli were present in one-half the number, and that they were absent from the sputa of individuals who were not phthisical.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The belchings from gas were loud and frequent; the sputa by actual measure was about six ounces during every twenty-four hours.
From The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure by Edward Hooker Dewey
Dolan obtained similar results by injecting the nasal secretions, and also by compelling rabbits to inhale air impregnated with decomposing sputa and vomit of patients suffering with the disease.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
