Definition of “sputum”

And over half the people with TB do not test positive for the disease using a sputum smear test.

He took out his notebook, sputum into that before you drink your tea in te morning.

Helen leant back again and reached for the enamel sputum bowl on the cupboard top.

In our cities, the snow fast turns the colour of a smoker's sputum.

Many patients, however, with a chronic cough or with a frequent need to clear the throat deny that they are producing any sputum.

Near the end of the gig Pop again strode over to the Corrs ' boxes, took aim and expectorated a cupful of sputum at them.

The first test, called PCR or polymerase chain reaction, looked for traces of viral RNA in blood, stool, sputum or nasal specimens.

The negative result of Trudeau's sputum test may have affected Stevenson's attitude to his health, though he never remarked on it.

There was nothing on the locker except a covered sputum bowl.