haemoptysis

US hemoptysis

/ (hɪˈmɒptɪsɪs) /


nounplural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
  1. spitting or coughing up of blood or blood-streaked mucus, as in tuberculosis: Compare haematemesis

Origin of haemoptysis

1
C17: from haemo- + -ptysis, from Greek ptyein to spit

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