Look up: hemoptysis

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   hemoptysis
   [n] - coughing up blood from the respiratory tract
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   Hemoptysis
   Coughing up blood or pulmonary bleeding.
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   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 tract.Common Misspellings: haemoptysis, hemoptyos ...
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   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.
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   hemoptysis
   Synonym for haemoptysis ... <symptom> The expectoration of blood or of blood stained sputum. ... Origin: Gr. Ptyein = to spit ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   Hemoptysis
   `Hemoptysis` or `haemoptysis` (see American and British spelling differences) is the expectoration (coughing up) of blood or of blood-stained sputum from the bronchi, larynx, trachea, or lungs (e.g. in tuberculosis or other respiratory infections). It is not the same as hematemesis, which refers to vomiting up blood.
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   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, ...
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   Hemoptysis
   • (n.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
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   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 ... [...
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