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- noun Alternative form of
hemothorax .
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- noun accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)
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There might already be haemothorax, the spreading of blood in the spaces between the chest wall and the lung.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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They were ready when they brought the first case in; a youngish woman with all the signs and symptoms of haemothorax, and only semiconscious.
Heidelberg Wedding Neels, Betty 1984
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Dr Eley added: "Other reported Wii-associated injuries have included traumatic haemothorax
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