HEMOTHORAX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)

Synonyms:

haemothorax; hemothorax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hemothorax" is a kind of...):

congestion (excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part)

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