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HYDROTHORAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrothorax mean?
• HYDROTHORAX (noun)
The noun HYDROTHORAX has 1 sense:
1. accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys
Familiarity information: HYDROTHORAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hydrothorax" is a kind of...):
congestion (excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part)
Context examples
Ascites and hydrothorax associated with ovarian fibroma or other pelvic tumors.
(Meigs Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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