rusty sputum
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rust·y spu·tum
a reddish brown, blood-stained expectoration characteristic of lobar pneumonococcal pneumonia.
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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 tissueMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
rust·y spu·tum
(rŭs'tē spyū'tŭm)A reddish-brown, blood-stained expectoration characteristic of pneumonococcal lobar pneumonia.
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rust·y spu·tum
(rŭs'tē spyū'tŭm)Reddish brown, blood-stained expectoration characteristic of lobar pneumonococcal pneumonia.
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