sputum /spu·tum/ (spu´tum) [L.] expectoration; matter ejected from the trachea, bronchi, and lungs through the mouth.
rusty sputum
rusty sputum
sputum cruen´tum bloody sputum.
nummular sputum sputum in rounded coinlike disks.
rusty sputum sputum stained with blood or blood pigments.
rust·y sputum (r s t )n. A reddish-brown, blood-stained expectoration found in lobar pneumonia. |
rusty sputum
[rus′tē]
Etymology: AS, rust + L, sputum, spittle
sputum that is reddish, indicative of blood or certain bacteria, such as pneumococcal bacteria, in pneumonia.
rusty sputum
A descriptor for the sputum produced in pneumonia caused by S pneumoniae and K pneumoniae; which is composed of bacteria, hemorrhage, mucus, sloughed necrotic lung tissue
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