sputum

About 1.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

phlegm saliva spit expectorated spittle expectoration mucus slobber respiratory secretion lung butter

Often followed by

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Word family

sputa sputums