| sputum specimen |
A specimen of mucus from the lungs expectorated through the mouth, to identify the microorganism causing a lung infection or to identify lung cancers and/or occupational lung diseases. SEE: postural drainage. &n
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| sputum s. |
a form produced by inoculation of certain of the microorganisms of the sputum.
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| sputum t. |
a graduated capillary tube for containing sputum to be rotated in the centrifuge.
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| sputum |
mucus from the lungs.
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| sputum |
the matter discharged from the air passages in diseases of the lungs, bronchi, or upper respiratory tract; it contains mucus and often pus, blood, fibrin or bacterial products
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