SPUTUM

(Lat.), n. n. Spuat(sput)'u3m(u4m). From spuere, to spit. Fr., crachat. Ger., Auswurf, Spucken. A liquid discharge ejected from the mouth (when not swallowed). It may be simply saliva, or saliva plus the mucous secretions of the air pa ages; or it may be more or le purulent or bloody. [D.] Black-pigmented s. S. colored black by inhaled particles of carbon, [a, 34.] Cavernous s. Of Guttmann, nummular s. from a pulmonary cavity, [a, 34.] Egg-yolks. Of Traube, yellow s. [a, 34.] Globular sputa. The irregularly globular yellow ma es of a. composed of mucus, pus corpuscles, epithelium, etc., observed in the later stages of bronchial catarrh, etc. [a, 34.] Green s. Sanguinolent s. in which there has been oxidation of the haemoglobin, observed in croupous and caseous pneumonia, [a, 34.] Icteric s. S. colored yellow or green by the bile-pigment in icterus, [a, 34.] Nummular sputa. The thick, heavy, and roundish (somewhat coin-like) sputa of pulmonary phthisis. [D.] Prune-juice s., Rusty (-colored) s. The typical dark reddish-brown s. of pneumonia. It is viscid and semi-transparent, and adheres tenaciously to the side of the containing ve el. Its color is due to the presence of blood. [D, 1.] S. coctum. A muco-purulent, yellowish, thick, opaque s., rich in cells, characteristic of the second stage of acute catarrh and also of chronic catarrh. [A, 326 (a, 21).] S. croceum. See Prune-juice s. S. crudum. The frothy, clear, mucous s. observed in the beginning of bronchial catarrh, [a, 34.] S. fun- <l u in peteiis, Sputa globosa, Sputa lanuginosa. See Globular sputa. S. pneumonicum. See Prune-juice s.S. puri for me. S. resembling pus. [A, 326 (a, 21).] Sputa rotunda. See Nummular sputa. S. tuberculosum. A muco-purulent or simply purulent s. occurring in pulmonary tuberculosis and cheesy pneumonia, characterized by the presence of Koch's Bacillus tuberculosis. [A, 326 (a, 21).] Yellow s. 1. Sanguinolent s. rendered yellow by the oxidation of haemoglobin. 2. 8. rendered yellow by the presence of fungous growth, [a, 34.] [s. 528]