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HAEMOTHORAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haemothorax mean? 

HAEMOTHORAX (noun)
  The noun HAEMOTHORAX has 1 sense:

1. accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)play

  Familiarity information: HAEMOTHORAX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HAEMOTHORAX (noun)


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 ("haemothorax" is a kind of...):

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


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