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Look up: hemoptysis

  1. hemoptysis
    [n] - coughing up blood from the respiratory tract
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Hemoptysis
    Coughing up blood or pulmonary bleeding.
    Found on http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/MedHerbGl

  3. Hemoptysis
    Hemoptysis: Spitting up blood or blood-tinged sputum. Pronounced he-MOP-tis-is. The word 'hemoptysis' comes from the Greek 'haima' for 'blood' + 'ptysis' meaning 'a spitting' = a spitting of blood. The source of the blood was originally not specified but now refers only to blood from the respiratory...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  4. Hemoptysis
    He·mop'ty·sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek a'i^ma blood + ... to spit: confer French hémoptysie .] (Medicine) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/32

  5. hemoptysis
    Synonym for haemoptysis ... <symptom> The expectoration of blood or of blood stained sputum. ... Origin: Gr. Ptyein = to spit ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. hemoptysis
    (he-mop´tĭ-sis) coughing and spitting of blood because of bleeding within the respiratory tract. The sputum is bright red and frothy with air bubbles, not the dark red or black color of hematemesis. Hemoptysis is most commonly seen in diseases such as tuberculosis, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, lung abscess, tumors, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. Hemoptysis
    • (n.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. hemoptysis
    (from the article `tuberculosis`) ...lung, the lesion consists of a collection of dead cells in which tubercle bacilli may be seen. This lesion may erode a neighbouring bronchus or ... ...after awakening in the morning. An irritative cough without sputum may be caused by extension of malignant disease to the bronchial tree from ... [...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/36

  9. hemoptysis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hē-mop′ti-sis Definitions: 1. Spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes as a result of pulmonary or bronchial hemorrhage. Synonyms: bronchostaxis
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  10. HEMOPTYSIS
    Coughing up blood.
    Found on http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L

  11. hemoptysis
    Coughing or spitting up blood from the respiratory tract.
    Found on http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=



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