hemoptysis

[ hi-mop-tuh-sis ]

/ hɪˈmɒp tə sɪs /

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noun Pathology.

the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.

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Origin of hemoptysis

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

Words nearby hemoptysis

hemophilic, hemophilioid, Hemophilus, hemophobia, hemopoiesis, hemoptysis, hemorrhage, hemorrhagic fever, hemorrhagic septicemia, hemorrhoid, hemorrhoidectomy

How to use hemoptysis in a sentence

Hemoptysis had set in, and I felt that his hours were numbered.
The Strand Magazine, Vol. VII, Issue 39, March 1894|Various
Hemoptysis is a term used to signify bleeding from the lungs.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture
The case was a perfectly straightforward one—my patient was consumptive, had been so for years, and died at last of hemoptysis.
The Strand Magazine, Vol. VII, Issue 39, March 1894|Various
In some few instances hemoptysis has preceded convalescence, as has also a bleeding from the hemorrhoidal veins.
Observations on Madness and Melancholy|John Haslam

Hemoptysis indicates injury to the lung, but does not give assurance that this organ has been penetrated.
A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds|Thomas Longmore