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MUCOPURULENT SPUTUM [2 records]

Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A mixture of mucus and pus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Mélange de pus et du mucus.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bronchi
DEF

Saccular or tabular dilatation of one or more bronchi, usually due to bronchial obstruction and infection, and accompanied by cough, mucopurulent sputum, hemoptysis, and recurrent pneumonia.

OBS

[Plural:] bronchiectases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bronches
DEF

Affection chronique, consécutive à une maladie des bronches, du poumon ou de la plèvre, associée à une expectoration muco-purulente abondante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bronquios
DEF

Dilatación de los bronquios y bronquiolos subsiguientes a proceso inflamatorio crónico o una infección supurada. Existen factores congénitos.

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