haemoptysis

/ hɪˈmɒptɪsɪs /

noun

1. spitting or coughing up of blood or blood-streaked mucus, as in tuberculosis Compare haematemesis

Word History and Origins

Origin of haemoptysis¹

C17: from haemo- + -ptysis, from Greek ptyein to spit

Example Sentences

Ergot is used in therapeutics as a haemostatic, and is very valuable in haemoptysis and sometimes in haematemesis.

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Calcium phosphate is much employed in treating rickets, and calcium chloride in haemoptysis and haemophylia.

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Haemoptysis denotes an escape of blood from the air-passages, which is usually bright red and frothy from admixture with air.

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Dyspnoea and haemoptysis occasionally occur, but are by no means the rule.

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