sputum

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In this study, experts engineered a living material resembling natural sputum, or phlegm, from CF patients that can grow 3D polymicrobial biofilms in a controlled manner, resembling those found in the CF lung.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

A sign at the entrance to the clinic announces the other major health problem: "sputum sampling" for tuberculosis or TB.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

She said she was concerned because Tammy Daybell was just 49 and also had quite a bit of foamy pink sputum coming from her mouth.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

But were these tree bubbles — or tree sputum, as I came to call them — actually insect eggs?

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

The back of the throat and the lining of the windpipe may also slough off, and the dead tissue slides down the windpipe into the lungs or is coughed up with sputum.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston