Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pneumopyo thorax .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Accumulation of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the pleural cavity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The
accumulation ofair (or othergas ) andpus in thepleural cavity .
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Examples
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The pleura may be entered, -- pyopneumothorax will result and demand immediate thoracotomy and gastrostomy.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Perforation of the pleura, with the development of pyopneumothorax, is manifested by the usual signs.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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