National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Sputum

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13278

ALT_DEFINITION

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.

Material containing mucus, cellular debris, microorganisms and sometimes blood or pus. It is ejected through the mouth from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea. (NCI)

code

C13278

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C78734

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

Material containing mucus, cellular debris, microorganisms and sometimes blood or pus. It is ejected through the mouth from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea.

label

Sputum

Legacy_Concept_Name

Sputum

Preferred_Name

Sputum

prefixIRI

C13278

prefLabel

Sputum

Semantic_Type

Body Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0038056

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13722

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