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foul sputum [1 record]

Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

Foul sputum is usually indicative of some putrefactive process in the respiratory tract, such as bronchiectasis or lung abscess.

OBS

foul sputum: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Crachats malodorants. Ils s'observent dans les suppurations pulmonaires et la dilatation des bronches et exhalent une odeur fade, comparable à celle du pl tre frais. Dans la gangrène pulmonaire et les processus gangreneux, les crachats ont une odeur repoussante, odeur de pourriture ou de sphacèle.

OBS

expectoration fétide : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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