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PNEUMOTHORAX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pneumothorax" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
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