hemoptysis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hemoptysis
1640–50; < New Latin, equivalent to hemo- hemo- + Greek ptýsis spitting; compare ptýein to spit
Example Sentences
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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
Occasionally the period just preceding a hemoptysis or during a hemoptysis may show hypertension in a patient whose usual condition is that of hypotension.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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)
Ninety-seven of these patients had hemorrhages somewhere, most frequently epistaxes, sometimes hemoptysis.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
The first symptoms of weakening of the compensation are irregularity in the beat and venous congestion of the head and face, causing bluing of the lips, often nosebleed, and sometimes hemoptysis and insomnia.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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