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  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of hydrothorax

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

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Example Sentences

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hydrothorax

Asthma, or rather hydrothorax, anasarca, and symptoms of a diseased liver.

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

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 William Withering

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 John Collins Warren

We next turn to the treatment of hydrothorax and ascites.

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

The following case of hydrothorax will shew, that water may exist in the chest without the symptoms, which we have attributed to organic diseases of the heart.

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

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