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PTX

PTX is the abbreviation of pneumothorax.

PTX is the abbreviation of pentraxin.

PTX is the abbreviation of paclitaxel.

PTX is the abbreviation of pumiliotoxin.

PTX is the alternative form of PLTX.

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.

Meaning of pentraxin

Noun

pentraxin (plural pentraxins)

  1. Any of a family of proteins characterised by calcium-dependent ligand binding.

Forms of PTX

pluralPTXs

Questions about PTX

What is PTX the abbreviation of?
PTX is the abbreviation of pneumothorax.

Words near PTX in the dictionary

  1. PTVs
  2. PTW
  3. PTWC
  4. PTWI
  5. PTWs
  6. PTX
  7. PTXs
  8. Pty
  9. Pty Ltd
  10. ptyalagogue
  11. ptyalagogues

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Adapted from Wiktionary: PTX (page history and authors); pneumothorax (page history and authors); pentraxin (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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