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hemoptysis

hemoptysis noun: expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system.

Noun

hemoptysis (countable and uncountable, plural hemoptyses)

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

hemoptysis meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian

hemoptysis in Tamil

இரத்தக்கபம், இரத்தச்சளி

hemoptysis in Tagalog

expectoration of blood
paglurandugo

hemoptysis in Malay

expectoration of blood
batuk darah

hemoptysis in Indonesian

expectoration of blood
batuk darah

Synonyms of hemoptysis

Forms of hemoptysis

pluralhemoptyses
alternative formhaemoptysis

Origin of hemoptysis

From hemo- + Ancient Greek πτύσις (ptúsis, “spitting”), from πτύω (ptúō, “to spit”).

Questions about hemoptysis

What does hemoptysis mean?
Hemoptysis means expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system.
What is hemoptysis in Tamil?
Hemoptysis in Tamil is இரத்தக்கபம், இரத்தச்சளி. See Hemoptysis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hemoptysis?
Hemoptysis is a noun.
What is the plural of hemoptysis?
The plural of hemoptysis is hemoptyses.

Words near hemoptysis in the dictionary

  1. hemoproteins
  2. hemoprotozoa
  3. hemoprotozoan
  4. hemoprotozoans
  5. hemoptyses
  6. hemoptysis
  7. hemoptytic
  8. hemoregulation
  9. hemoregulatory
  10. hemoreperfusion
  11. hemorheologic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemoptysis (page history and authors); hemoptysis (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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