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PURULENT SPUTUM [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Yellow, green, or dirty-gray sputum that consists mainly of pus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Crachat constitué par du pus plus ou moins liquide ou consistant, de couleur jaune ou verd tre, d'odeur nulle ou atrocement fétide; il s'observe dans tous les processus de suppuration de l'appareil respiratoire ainsi que dans les suppurations voisines ouvertes dans les bronches.

OBS

crachat purulent : terme privilégié par le Comité des sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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