Sputum (redirected from Abnormal sputum)

sputum /spu·tum/ (spu´tum) [L.] expectoration; matter ejected from the trachea, bronchi, and lungs through the mouth.

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sputum cruen´tum  bloody sputum.

nummular sputum  sputum in rounded coinlike disks.

rusty sputum  sputum stained with blood or blood pigments.

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spu·tum (spytm)

n. pl. spu·ta (-t)

Matter coughed up and usually expelled from the mouth, especially mucus or mucopurulent matter expectorated in diseases of the air passages.

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Sputum

The substance that is brought up from the lungs and airway when a person coughs or spits. It is usually a mixture of saliva and mucus, but may contain blood or pus in patients with lung abscess or other diseases of the lungs.

Mentioned in: Aspergillosis, Blastomycosis, Chlamydial Pneumonia, Cough, Eosinophilic Pneumonia, Lung Abscess, Lung Biopsy, Pneumococcal Pneumonia, Pneumocystis Pneumonia, Pneumonia, Sputum Culture

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sputum (spū´tm),

n a matter ejected from the oral cavity; saliva mixed with mucus and other substances from the respiratory tract.

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sputum

mucous secretion from the lungs, bronchi and trachea which is ejected through the mouth by humans but not so in animals and it is assumed that it is swallowed.

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sputum cup

a small—1 inch diameter—cup on a long handle for the collection of sputum from the pharynx of a large animal.

sputum specimen

a sample of mucous secretion from the bronchi and lungs. The specimen may be examined microscopically for the presence of malignant cells (cytological examination) or tested to identify pathogenic bacteria (bacteriological examination).