pneumothorax
See also: Pneumothorax
English
Alternative forms
Noun
pneumothorax (usually uncountable, plural pneumothoraxes or pneumothoraces)
- (medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- hemopneumothorax / pneumohemothorax
- PTX
- spontaneous pneumothorax
- tension pneumothorax
Translations
presence of air inside the pleural cavity
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Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpnɛu̯motoraks]
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Synonyms
- klaplong
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pnø.mɔ.tɔ.ʁaks/
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Descendants
- → Persian: پنوموتوراکس (penomotorâks)
- → Romanian: pneumotorax
- → Turkish: pnömotoraks
Further reading
- “pneumothorax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- pneumotoraks
Noun
pneumothorax m (definite singular pneumothoraxen, indefinite plural pneumothoraxer, definite plural pneumothoraxene)
Synonyms
- punktert lunge
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- pneumotoraks
Noun
pneumothorax m (definite singular pneumothoraxen, indefinite plural pneumothoraxar, definite plural pneumothoraxane)
Synonyms
- punktert lunge
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