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HAEMOPTYSIS (haemoptyses)
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Irregular inflected form: haemoptyses
Dictionary entry overview: What does haemoptysis mean?
• HAEMOPTYSIS (noun)
The noun HAEMOPTYSIS has 1 sense:
1. coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs
Familiarity information: HAEMOPTYSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
haemoptysis; hemoptysis
Hypernyms ("haemoptysis" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
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