First Known Use: 1821
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pneumothorax
noun pneu·mo·tho·rax \ˌnü-mə-ˈthȯr-ˌaks, ˌnyü-\
Definition of PNEUMOTHORAX
: a condition in which air or other gas is present in the pleural cavity and which occurs spontaneously as a result of disease or injury of lung tissue, rupture of air-filled pulmonary cysts, or puncture of the chest wall or is induced as a therapeutic measure to collapse the lung
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pneumothorax
noun pneu·mo·tho·rax \ˌn(y)ü-mə-ˈthō(ə)r-ˌaks, -ˈthȯ(ə)r-\
plural pneu·mo·tho·rax·es or pneu·mo·tho·ra·ces \-ˈthōr-ə-ˌsēz\
Medical Definition of PNEUMOTHORAX
: a condition in which air or other gas is present in the pleural cavity and which occurs spontaneously as a result of disease or injury of lung tissue, rupture of air-filled pulmonary cysts, or puncture of the chest wall or is induced as a therapeutic measure to collapse the lung—see tension pneumothorax; compare oleothorax
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