hemoptysis

American  

[hi-mop-tuh-sis] / hɪˈmɒp tə sɪs /

noun

Pathology.

1. the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.

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Etymology

Origin of hemoptysis

1640–50; < New Latin, equivalent to hemo- hemo- + Greek ptýsis spitting; compare ptýein to spit

Example Sentences

A disease like that could account for all the man’s symptoms — the thick-looking walls, the overflow into the lungs, the strange EKG, the shortness of breath, even the hemoptysis.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

The saliva was not even blood-streaked; therefore, it can be said with verity that there was no hemoptysis.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

He showed no signs of hemoptysis, and although in great pain, was able to give commands after reception of the wound.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Some of these instances were, perhaps, of the nature of compensatory hemorrhage, substituting the menses or periodic hemorrhoids, hemoptysis, epistaxis, etc., or possibly purpura.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Instances of vicarious and compensatory epistaxis and hemoptysis are so common that any examples would be superfluous.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)