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hemoptysis

hemoptysis

1 9.9
A condition where someone coughs up blood from the lungs or airways
  • noun
  • /hɪˈmɑːptɪsɪs/
  • Specialized
: hemoptisis
  • These include fever (93%), dyspnea (36%), pleuritic chest pain (29%), cough (14%), and hemoptysis (7%).
  • hemoptysis and dyspnea

Examples

  • The doctor explained that hemoptysis could be a sign of a serious lung infection.

  • The patient presented to the hospital with gradual onset of dyspnoea over four months and cough, as well as hemoptysis that developed over the course of several weeks.

    Academic text (2007)
  • This leads to air trapping, hemoptysis, and chylothorax, respectively.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Most affected patients experience epistaxis or hemoptysis and an enlarging lesion in the nose.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Presence of hemoptysis, night sweats, and weight loss can occur in malignancy and TB.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Affected patients present with abnormal breathing and other symptoms, which may include cough, dysphagia, vomiting, cyanosis, and hemoptysis.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The patient is a 40-year-old female who presented to the hospital with gradual onset of dyspnea and cough, as well as hemoptysis that developed over the course of several weeks.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Patients report a variety of symptoms, including a change of voice, dyspnea, cough, sore throat, pain on swallowing, dysphagia, hemoptysis, palpitations, and chest pain.

    Academic text (2003)
  • It can present with onset of anemia, hemoptysis, dyspnoea, and presence of opacifications on CT scan of the chest.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Presenting symptoms are usually cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, hoarseness, evidence of airway obstruction, or post-obstructive pneumonia.

    Academic text (2007)

Surface Forms

hemoptysis singular
hemoptysises plural

Morphology

hemoptysis = hemo + ptysis

Formed from Greek combining forms hemo- (blood) + -ptysis (spitting); these are not productive standalone English words and the term is specialist medical jargon, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from components.

Etymology

Hemoptysis comes from Greek parts hemo- meaning 'blood' and -ptysis meaning 'spitting'. The hemo- part is the same as in hemoglobin. So it literally means 'spitting blood' and is used for coughing up blood from the lungs.