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Definition of Sputa
1. sputum [n] - See also: sputum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sputa
Literary usage of Sputa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by Means of Microscopical and Chemical by Charles Edmund Simon (1904)
"This body, however, has nothing to do with the odor of the sputa; both factors are
... According to Ix'yden, the occurrence of tyrosin in sputa is usually ..."
2. A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by Means of Microscopical and Chemical by Charles Edmund Simon (1904)
"This body, however, has nothing to do with the odor of the sputa ; both factors
are merely indicative of certain putrefactive changes going on in the lungs. ..."
3. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1909)
"Probably the majority of all sputa, excepting tobacco juice, come from the ...
It is rarely of value to examine such sputa, although influenza bacilli, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine: For the Use of Students and by Roberts Bartholow (1883)
"These adhesive sputa may be seen in large muco- pus expectorations, ... The sputa
often have a striated appearance, at one time supposed to have much ..."
5. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1912)
"Probably the majority of all sputa, excepting tobacco juice, come from the ...
It is rarely of value to examine such sputa, although influenza bacilli, ..."
6. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1905)
"Probably the majority of all sputa, excepting tobacco juice, come from the ...
It is rarely of value to examine such sputa, although influenza bacilli, ..."
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