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Sputum
The mucus and other matter brought up from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea that one may cough up and spit out or swallow. The word 'sputum' is borrowed directly from the Latin 'to spit.' Called also expectoration
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- Anetoderma An area of slack 'baglike' skin due to a local absence or loss of elastic fibers in the skin. The skin…