Multiple choice

Which is the term used to indicate blood stained sputum?

  1. Hemoptysis

  2. Epistaxis

  3. Haemothorax

  4. Hematamisis

  5. Melena

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Explanation

Hemoptysis is the expectoration (coughing up) of blood or of blood-stained sputum from the bronchi, larynx, trachea, or lungs (e.g., in tuberculosis or other respiratory infections or cardiovascular pathologies).