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pneumatothorax

pneumatothorax is the alternative form of pneumothorax.

Meaning of pneumothorax

Noun

pneumothorax (usually uncountable, plural pneumothoraxes or pneumothoraces, abbreviation PTX)

  1. (usually) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.

Origin of pneumatothorax

From pneumato- + thorax.

Questions about pneumatothorax

What is pneumatothorax the alternative form of?
Pneumatothorax is the alternative form of pneumothorax.

Words near pneumatothorax in the dictionary

  1. pneumatopore
  2. pneumatosaccus
  3. pneumatoses
  4. pneumatosis
  5. pneumatotaxy
  6. pneumatothorax
  7. pneumaturia
  8. pneume
  9. pneumectomies
  10. pneumectomy
  11. pneumes

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