different between sputum vs dejecta

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin sputum (“that which is spit out, spittle”), from spuere (“to spit”).

Noun

sputum (countable and uncountable, plural sputa)

1. (physiology) Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.

Translations

Further reading

• sputum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sputum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sputum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sputum at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?spu?tum]
• Hyphenation: spu?tum

Noun

sputum n

1. sputum

Declension

Synonyms

• chrchel m
• hlen m

Further reading

• sputum in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sputum in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sputum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sput?m]
• Hyphenation: spu?tum

Noun

sputum (first-person possessive sputumku, second-person possessive sputummu, third-person possessive sputumnya)

1. (medicine) sputum.

   Synonyms: balgam, dahak

Further reading

• “sputum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From spu?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?spu?.tum/, [?s?pu?t????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?spu.tum/, [?spu?t?um]

Noun

sp?tum n (genitive sp?t?); second declension

1. spittle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Related terms

• sput?

Descendants

Participle

sp?tum

1. inflection of sp?tus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• sputum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sputum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sputum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Latin dejecta (“things which have been cast away”), neuter plural of dejectus, past participle of dejicio (“I cast away”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??d??k.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??d??k.t?/, /di?d??k.t?/

Noun

dejecta pl (plural only)

1. (medicine, zoology) any liquid or solid waste matter that is emanated, shed or discharged from the body. Dejecta include urine, faeces, sputum, pus, mucus, skin sloughing, lochia; their discharge can be nasal, aural, by expectoration, urethral, vaginal and so on.
2. excrements

   the dejecta of the sick

Translations

References

Latin

Adjective

d?jecta

1. nominative feminine singular of d?jectus
2. nominative neuter plural of d?jectus
3. accusative neuter plural of d?jectus
4. vocative feminine singular of d?jectus
5. vocative neuter plural of d?jectus

Adjective

d?ject?

1. ablative feminine singular of d?jectus