haemoptysis
US hemoptysis
/ (hɪˈmɒptɪsɪs) /
noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
spitting or coughing up of blood or blood-streaked mucus, as in tuberculosis
Compare haematemesis
Word Origin for haemoptysis
C17: from
haemo- +
-ptysis, from Greek
ptyein to spit
Words nearby haemoptysis
Example sentences from the Web for haemoptysis
Haemoptysis denotes an escape of blood from the air-passages, which is usually bright red and frothy from admixture with air.
Dyspnoea and haemoptysis occasionally occur, but are by no means the rule.
Ergot is used in therapeutics as a haemostatic, and is very valuable in haemoptysis and sometimes in haematemesis.
Calcium phosphate is much employed in treating rickets, and calcium chloride in haemoptysis and haemophylia.