Sputum in a sentence as a noun

They are also good at sniffing out whether a sputum sample is positive for TB!

If a patient presents with a cough and blood in the sputum, it is important to know that they were once a smoker.

Practically in parallel my sore throat started, coughing a lot of sputum for next 2 weeks.

It's also quite difficult to get adequate sputum cultures, but in this case where n=60 I'm skeptical that was the issue.

The bitterness causes immediate sputum production in my mouth.

It's just that regular people should not have an excuse to spread their sputum everywhere just because they can't buy medical grade PPE.

> It's also quite difficult to get adequate sputum culturesHeck yes.

I'm sure you know this but a good physician will closely track your lung function and on a dip will get a sputum test done and then get you on the right antibiotics asap.

More commonly sputum or respiratory samples when it comes to coronavirus.

From the introduction: the idea is to use alcohol inhalation as it reduce surface tension on the alveoli and markedly decrease sputum formation with improvement on oxygenation beside its cytolethal effect on virus lipid bilayer.

Sputum definitions

noun

expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness

See also: phlegm