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Webster 1913 Edition
Hemoptysis
He-mop′ty-sis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
αἷμα
blood + [GREEK] to spit: cf. F. hémoptysie
.] (Med.)
The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hemoptysis
HEMOP'TYSIS
Definition 2024
hemoptysis
hemoptysis
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Alternative forms
Noun
hemoptysis (plural hemoptyses)
- (medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system
Translations
expectoration of blood