Sputum

/ˈspjutəm/

Synonyms for "sputum" (16 found)

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Related words (8)

Noun(3 words)
mucussputum samplesputum specimen

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

4 entries
bodily secretionclinical specimenmucous secretionmucus

More specific

5 entries
blood-tinged sputuminduced sputum samplemucoid sputumpurulent sputumspot sputum sample

Collocations

6 entries
blood-tinged sputuminduced sputumpurulent sputumsputum culturesputum samplesputum smear

Inflections

2 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am coughing up sputum.

Source: tatoeba (10707902)

I'm coughing up sputum.

Source: tatoeba (10707903)

Finding TB in young children, in particular, poses a hurdle because youngsters often can’t produce a sputum sample necessary to diagnose the disease.

Source: tatoeba (12256666)

In the early 1890s the work in the laboratory consisted of postmortems, urinalyses, and examination of sputums.

Source: wiktionary

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