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hematothorax

hematothorax is the alternative form of hemothorax.

Meaning of hemothorax

Noun

hemothorax (countable and uncountable, plural hemothoraxes or hemothoraces)

  1. A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.

Origin of hematothorax

From hemato- + thorax.

Questions about hematothorax

What is hematothorax the alternative form of?
Hematothorax is the alternative form of hemothorax.

Words near hematothorax in the dictionary

  1. hematospermia
  2. hematospermic
  3. hematostasis
  4. hematotesticular
  5. hematothermal
  6. hematothorax
  7. hematotoxic
  8. hematotoxicant
  9. hematotoxicants
  10. hematotoxicities
  11. hematotoxicity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hematothorax (page history and authors); hemothorax (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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