Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as hematothorax.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.

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  • noun medicine A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)

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Examples

  • A hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • One case reported to the FDA was of a U.S. patient who in July suffered a serious hemothorax, or blood buildup between the chest wall and lungs.

    Some Doctors Question New Cancer Treatment Thomas M. Burton 2010

  • However, potential complications include: bleeding infection puncture of the lung (pneumothorax or hemothorax) puncture of the gallbladder with subsequent bile leak

    Percutaneous Liver Biopsy 2010

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