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cholesterohydrothorax

cholesterohydrothorax noun: a rare condition characterized by the accumulation of chylous fluid mixed with cholesterol crystals in the pleural cavity.

Noun

cholesterohydrothorax (uncountable)

  1. A rare condition characterized by the accumulation of chylous fluid mixed with cholesterol crystals in the pleural cavity.

Origin of cholesterohydrothorax

From cholesterol and hydrothorax.

Questions about cholesterohydrothorax

What does cholesterohydrothorax mean?
Cholesterohydrothorax means a rare condition characterized by the accumulation of chylous fluid mixed with cholesterol crystals in the pleural cavity.
What part of speech is cholesterohydrothorax?
Cholesterohydrothorax is a noun.

Words near cholesterohydrothorax in the dictionary

  1. cholesterinic
  2. cholesterinosis
  3. cholesterins
  4. cholesterogenesis
  5. cholesterogenic
  6. cholesterohydrothorax
  7. cholesteroid
  8. cholesterol
  9. cholesterol esterase
  10. cholesterol esterases
  11. cholesterolaemia

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