Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The expectoration of blood or of blood-streaked sputum from the larynx, trachea, bronchi, or lungs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, spitting of blood: usually restricted to the raising of blood from the lungs. Also
hæmoptoë .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
expectoration (coughing up) ofblood
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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Dense, crunchy, intended for medical professionals (I learned two new words -- "cachectic" and "hemoptysis" -- and my medical Latin is pretty darned good for a non-doctor), and full of the usual assortment of incredibly gross but illustrative scene photos.
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
chained_bear commented on the word hemoptysis
"An American pathologist noted: 'Fifty cases of subconjunctival hemorrhage bleeding from the lining of the eye were counted. Twelve had a true hemoptysis, bright red blood with no admixture of mucus....'"
—John M. Barry, The Great Influenza (NY: Penguin Books, 2004), 237
February 16, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word hemoptysis
"The doctor took a stethoscope down from the wall, untangling the chestpiece from the connecting cord. "Any hemoptysis?"
She shook her head."
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, p 90
May 25, 2010