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2006-11-02 15:35:16 · 14 answers · asked by manni 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Sputum is phlegm hacked up and spit out.
2006-11-02 15:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by pupcake 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sputum: The mucus and other matter brought up from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea that one may cough up and spit out or swallow. The word "sputum" is borrowed directly from the Latin "to spit." Called also expectoration.
2006-11-02 23:39:43 · answer #2 · answered by ewilli4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sputum is the matter coughed up from the respiratory tract consisted of mucus, bacteria, and cells from the lining of the airway.
2006-11-02 23:44:15 · answer #3 · answered by mattie693 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sputum is, what you are spitting in a cap and it gets send to a lab.
2006-11-02 23:38:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The crap you hack out of your lungs when you are ill - yellow and green sputum indicate a possible infection.
2006-11-02 23:37:31 · answer #5 · answered by emmyfair 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sputum is what you cough up and spit into tissue, a loogey.
2006-11-02 23:37:39 · answer #6 · answered by trish the dish 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
2006-11-02 23:42:02 · answer #7 · answered by mrs.muldrew 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its mucus brought up by a cough.
2006-11-02 23:37:54 · answer #8 · answered by tinamaries43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saliva. Spit. How detailed do you need to get about it?
2006-11-02 23:37:22 · answer #9 · answered by dingobluefoot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-02 23:37:01 · answer #10 · answered by killer boot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋