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Descriptor English: Sputum
Descriptor Spanish: Esputo
Descriptor esputo
Scope note: Material expelido desde los pulmones con la tos y que se expectora a través de la boca. Contiene MOCO, detritos celulares y microorganismos. Puede contener también sangre y pus.
Descriptor Portuguese: Escarro
Descriptor French: Expectoration
Entry term(s): Crachat
Tree number(s): A12.200.808
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013183
Scope note: Material coughed up from the lungs and expectorated via the mouth. It contains MUCUS, cellular debris, and microorganisms. It may also contain blood or pus.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EN enzymologie
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
VI virologie
Related: Drainage postural MeSH
DeCS ID: 13568
Unique ID: D013183
NLM Classification: QY 120
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Expectoration - Preferred
Concept UI M0020398
Preferred term Expectoration
Entry term(s) Crachat



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