sputum

sputum meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Vietnamese

Examples of sputum in a sentence

• I also looked up sputum, but out of respect to Keenan, I'm not going to talk about it, even though it's a pretty cool word.2020, Gordon Korman, Notorious, page 43:
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the boy’s sputum sat for a month, waiting for its turn in a slow process of antibody-matching analysis.2020 February 24, James Hablin, “You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus”, in The Atlantic:

Forms of sputum

Origin of sputum

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

Words formed from sputum

• hemosputum

Questions about sputum

What does sputum mean?

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

What is sputum in Tamil?

Sputum in Tamil is சளி, உமிழ், கக்கற்சளி. See Sputum meaning in Tamil.

How do you use sputum in a sentence?

I also looked up sputum, but out of respect to Keenan, I'm not going to talk about it, even though it's a pretty cool word.

What part of speech is sputum?

Sputum is a noun.

How do you pronounce sputum?

Sputum is pronounced /ˈspjutəm/.

What is the plural of sputum?

The plural of sputum is sputums.