Definition of "sputa" []

• Plural form of sputum. (noun)

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• "Of all others the sputa which remove the pain are the best."
• "When the pains in these regions do not cease, either with the discharge of the sputa, nor with alvine evacuations, nor from venesection, purging with medicine, nor a suitable regimen, it is to be held that they will terminate in suppurations."
• "And all sputa are bad which do not remove the pain."