sputumnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈspjuː.təm/us/ˈspjuː.t̬əm/specializedliquid from the passages in your body that go to the lungs
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Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
- beaded
- bile
- bogy
- bucket
- discharge
- dribble
- expectorate
- jism
- lacteal
- lymphatic
- mucus
- phlegm
- pus
- snot
- spat
- sperm
- spermatozoon
- spit
- spunk
- sweat buckets idiom
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