hemoptysis

[ hi-mop-tuh-sis ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hemoptysis¹

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

Example Sentences

Hemoptysis had set in, and I felt that his hours were numbered.

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Hemoptysis is a term used to signify bleeding from the lungs.

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The case was a perfectly straightforward one—my patient was consumptive, had been so for years, and died at last of hemoptysis.

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In some few instances hemoptysis has preceded convalescence, as has also a bleeding from the hemorrhoidal veins.

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Hemoptysis indicates injury to the lung, but does not give assurance that this organ has been penetrated.

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