hydrothorax

American  

[hahy-druh-thawr-aks, -thohr-] / ˌhaɪ drəˈθɔr æks, -ˈθoʊr- /

noun

Pathology.

1. the presence of serous fluid in one or both pleural cavities.

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hydrothorax British  

/ ˌhaɪdrəʊθɔːˈræsɪk, ˌhaɪdrəʊˈθɔːræks /

noun

1. pathol an accumulation of fluid in one or both pleural cavities, often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys

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Other Word Forms

• hydrothoracic adjective

Etymology

Origin of hydrothorax

First recorded in 1785–95; hydro- ¹ + thorax

Example Sentences

May not primary hydrothorax be much less frequent, than has commonly been imagined?

From Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart by Warren, John Collins

This accumulation of blood in the lungs has, by some writers, been considered as an appearance belonging to idiopathic hydrothorax.

From Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart by Warren, John Collins

If this disease is not attended to at an early period, its usual termination is in hydrothorax, or dropsy of the chest.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert

Symptoms of hydrothorax, at first obscurely, afterwards more distinctly marked.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

Unlike what occurs in hydrothorax and hydrocephalus, the effusion in the present form of dropsy is of inconsiderable importance, compared to the visceral disease which is its remote cause.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin