sputum

Meaning

Noun

Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.

Origin

From New Latin, from Latin sputum ("that which is spit out, spittle"), from spuere.

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