sputum

sputum
/spyooh"teuhm/, n., pl. sputa /-teuh/.
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
[1685-95; < L sputum, n. use of neut. of sputus, ptp. of spuere to spit, equiv. to spu- var. s. + -tus ptp. suffix]

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