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HAEMOPTYSIS
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Irregular inflected form: haemoptyses
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs
Synonyms:
haemoptysis; hemoptysis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("haemoptysis" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)