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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: spuere 'to spit'

sputum

 noun
     
Related topics: Human, Illness and Disability
spu‧tum [uncountable]
medicalHBHMI liquid in your mouth which you have coughed up from your lungs [↪ phlegm]
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