sputum

n.

痰；

复数：sputa

1. Sputum is a liquid substance from the mouth.
   唾液是口腔中分泌的液体。
2. He coughed with sputum and feeling of malaise.
   他咳嗽有浓痰，而且觉得很虚弱。

Use of induced sputum cell counts to investigate airway inflammation in asthma.
Induced sputum inflammatory mediator concentrations in eosinophilic bronchitis and asthma
Relation of sputum inflammatory markers to symptoms and lungfunction changes in COPD exacerbations
Mepolizumab for prednisone-dependent asthma with sputum eosinophilia.
Determining asthma treatment by monitoring sputum cell counts: effect on exacerbations
Inflammatory subtypes in asthma: assessment and identification using induced sputum.
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha increases airway responsiveness and sputum neutrophilia in normal human subjects
Analysis of induced sputum in adults with asthma: identification of subgroup with isolated sputum neutrophilia and poor response to ...
Differences in interleukin-8 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in induced sputum from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary dise...
Heterogeneity of airway inflammation in persistent asthma : evidence of neutrophilic inflammation and increased sputum interleukin-8.