sputum

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He also had what's known as a sputum or smear test looking at whether or not he was actually having the bacteria on -- coming out of his breath.

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  1. noun Matter coughed up and usually ejected from the mouth, including saliva, foreign material, and substances such as mucus or phlegm, from the respiratory tract.

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  1. Latin spūtum, from neuter past participle of spuere, to spit.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin sputum, that which is spit out, spittle, from spuere, past participle sputus, spit: see spew.
 

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/ˈspjutəm/
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