hydrothorax

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English

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Etymology

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From hydro- +‎ thorax.

Noun

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hydrothorax (usually uncountable, plural hydrothoraxes or hydrothoraces)

  1. (medicine) The presence of serous fluid (liquid) in the pleural cavity.
    Hypernym: effusion
    Coordinate terms: hemothorax (blood); pneumothorax (air or other gas)

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