Pneumothorax

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity, occurring as a result of disease or injury, or sometimes induced to collapse the lung in the treatment of tuberculosis and other lung diseases.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The presence of air in the pleural cavity. Also pneumatothorax.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    abnormality    abnormalcy   
    Variant
    pneumatothorax   
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