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hæmoptysis

hæmoptysis is the obsolete form of hemoptysis.

Meaning of hemoptysis

Noun

hemoptysis (countable and uncountable, plural hemoptyses)

  1. expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system
    Synonyms:
    hemosputum

Forms of hæmoptysis

pluralhæmoptyses

Questions about hæmoptysis

What is hæmoptysis the obsolete form of?
Hæmoptysis is the obsolete form of hemoptysis.

Words near hæmoptysis in the dictionary

  1. hæmophilic
  2. hæmophobia
  3. hæmopoiesis
  4. hæmopoietic
  5. hæmoptyses
  6. hæmoptysis
  7. hæmorrhage
  8. hæmorrhaged
  9. hæmorrhages
  10. hæmorrhagia
  11. hæmorrhagic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hæmoptysis (page history and authors); hemoptysis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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