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

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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Andral, however, is decidedly of opinion that hemoptysis is one of the exciting causes, and, in domestic animals, I believe it to precede tubercle more frequently than is generally imagined.

From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Blacklock, Ambrose

Accidents or sequelae are hemoptysis, empyema and phthisis.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer

Ninety-seven of these patients had hemorrhages somewhere, most frequently epistaxes, sometimes hemoptysis.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)