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HEMOTHORAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemothorax mean?
• HEMOTHORAX (noun)
The noun HEMOTHORAX has 1 sense:
1. accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)
Familiarity information: HEMOTHORAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
haemothorax; hemothorax
Hypernyms ("hemothorax" is a kind of...):
congestion (excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part)
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