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HYDROTHORAX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hydrothorax" is a kind of...):
congestion (excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part)
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