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Definition of Haemoptysis
1. Noun. Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs.
Definition of Haemoptysis
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of hemoptysis) ¹
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Medical Definition of Haemoptysis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemoptysis
Literary usage of Haemoptysis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Lungs: Including the Principles by Walter Hayle Walshe (1860)
"I have repeatedly known haemoptysis stopped almost at once by this measure, in
cases of mitral disease, when the general aspect of the patient forbade the ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: designed for the use of by William Osler (1892)
"I know three professional men who had haemoptysis as students, and who now, at
periods of from fifteen to eighteen years subsequently, remain in perfect ..."
3. A System of Practical Medicine by William Pepper, Louis Starr (1885)
"It may, however, serve for a grouping of some well-known clinical forms of
haemoptysis. HISTORY.—Historically, there are not many phases in the doctrine of ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"A form of haemoptysis that is rarely met with in hospitals, ... Independently of
abnormal circumstances, we may meet with haemoptysis occurring, ..."
5. Medical diagnosis: With Special Reference to Practical Medicine. A Guide to by Jacob Mendes Da Costa (1895)
"haemoptysis.—Sputa are streaked with blood in bronchitis, intimately admixed with
blood in pneumonia; yet we do not call this haemoptysis. ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Diseases by Austin Flint (1859)
"haemoptysis is a symptom which occurs in a pretty large proportion of cases of
... In some instances, frequent repetitions of the haemoptysis take place. ..."
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