- pneumothoraxes
- n. air in the pleural cavity, air in the chest cavity (Medicine)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
pneumothoraxes
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pneumothorax — /nooh meuh thawr aks, thohr , nyooh /, n. Pathol. the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity. [1815 25; < NL; see PNEUMO , THORAX] * * * ▪ pathology condition in which air accumulates in the pleural space, causing it to expand and… … Universalium
