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pneumothoraxes

pneumothoraxes is the plural 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.

Questions about pneumothoraxes

What is pneumothoraxes the plural of?
Pneumothoraxes is the plural of pneumothorax.

Words near pneumothoraxes in the dictionary

  1. pneumotherapeutic
  2. pneumotherapeutics
  3. pneumotherapy
  4. pneumothoraces
  5. pneumothorax
  6. pneumothoraxes
  7. pneumotomies
  8. pneumotomy
  9. pneumotonometer
  10. pneumotonometers
  11. pneumotonometric

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