Sputum is valid Scrabble Word

Is sputum a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is sputum valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

6 letters word
10 points in Scrabble
14 points in WWF

Definitions for SPUTUM in dictionary:

NOUN:

(Latin) thick mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract esp. in certain diseases of the lungs, chest, or throat
a mixture of saliva and mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract, typically as a result of infection or other disease and often examined microscopically to aid medical diagnosis.
That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva.
expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness
mass of spittle ejected from the mouth

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

spittle, usu mixed with mucus

Words related to SPUTUM

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Words that contain SPUTUM

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How to use SPUTUM in a sentence

There seems to be a theory prevalent in that part of the world that the sputum of a madman is contagious.
If the sputum thrown upon the coals emits a fetid odor, it is a sign of confirmed ptisis, which is incurable.
This is a measure which tends to control the spread of a good many diseases besides measles, because during coughing and sneezing sputum may be thrown several feet.
The amount, character and odor of sputum are important.
Symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis with sputum constantly negative for tubercle bacilli.
The extension by means of surfaces continues, the abundant sputum which is formed in the lungs and which contains large numbers of bacilli, becomes the vehicle of transportation.
The windpipe and larynx may become infected, the back parts of each are more closely in contact with the sputum and are the parts most generally infected.
A large part of the sputum is swallowed and infection of the intestine takes place, the lesions taking the form of large ulcers.
If the seat of disease be in the lungs, the throat or the mouth, the sputum forms the medium of extension, which can take place in many ways.
The sputum may become dried, forms part of the dust and the organisms enter with the inspired air.

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