Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The expectoration of blood or of blood-streaked sputum from the larynx, trachea, bronchi, or lungs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, spitting of blood: usually restricted to the raising of blood from the lungs. Also
hæmoptoë .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
expectoration (coughing up) ofblood
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Dense, crunchy, intended for medical professionals (I learned two new words -- "cachectic" and "hemoptysis" -- and my medical Latin is pretty darned good for a non-doctor), and full of the usual assortment of incredibly gross but illustrative scene photos.
you got to lift up every stone now sister colomon 2008
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
Balkinization 2007
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
Balkinization 2007
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
Balkinization 2007
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
Balkinization 2007
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
Balkinization 2007
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
Balkinization 2007
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
Balkinization 2007
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
Balkinization 2007
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Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms: chest wall pain pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung shortness of breath fatigue or anemia wheezing, hoarseness, or cough blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up hemoptysis
Balkinization 2007
chained_bear commented on the word hemoptysis
"An American pathologist noted: 'Fifty cases of subconjunctival hemorrhage bleeding from the lining of the eye were counted. Twelve had a true hemoptysis, bright red blood with no admixture of mucus....'"
—John M. Barry, The Great Influenza (NY: Penguin Books, 2004), 237
February 16, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word hemoptysis
"The doctor took a stethoscope down from the wall, untangling the chestpiece from the connecting cord. "Any hemoptysis?"
She shook her head."
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, p 90
May 25, 2010