hemoptysis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hemoptysis
1640–50; < New Latin, equivalent to hemo- hemo- + Greek ptýsis spitting; compare ptýein to spit
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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
Hemoptysis.—In cases not demonstrably tuberculous, hemoptysis may require bronchoscopic examination to determine the origin.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Ninety-seven of these patients had hemorrhages somewhere, most frequently epistaxes, sometimes hemoptysis.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
Simon de Ronchard first noted the occurrence of several cases of hemoptysis following the administration of doses of eight grains daily.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Instances of vicarious and compensatory epistaxis and hemoptysis are so common that any examples would be superfluous.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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