pneumothorax

See also: Pneumothorax

English

Alternative forms

• pneumatothorax

Etymology

From pneumo- +‎ thorax.

Noun

pneumothorax (usually uncountable, plural pneumothoraxes or pneumothoraces)

1. (medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.

Synonyms

• PTX
• aerothorax
• aeropleura

Derived terms

• hemopneumothorax / pneumohemothorax
• PTX
• spontaneous pneumothorax
• tension pneumothorax

 

Translations

presence of air inside the pleural cavity

• Catalan: pneumotòrax f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氣胸 / 气胸 (zh) (qìxiōng)

• Dutch: klaplong (nl), pneumothorax (nl) m
• Finnish: ilmarinta
• French: pneumothorax (fr) m
• German: Pneumothorax m
• Hebrew: פנאומותורקס m (pne'umotóraks), חזה אוויר m (khazé avír)
• Italian: pneumotorace (it) m
• Kazakh: пневмоторакс (pnevmotoraks)
• Persian: پنوموتوراکس (penomotorâks)
• Polish: odma opłucnowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: pneumotórax m
• Romanian: pneumotorax (ro) n
• Spanish: neumotórax (es) m
• Thai: โพรงเยื่อหุ้มปอดมีอากาศ (proong-yʉ̂ʉa-hûm-bpɔ̀ɔt-mii-aa-gàat)
• Turkish: pnömotoraks

Czech

Alternative forms

• pneumotorax m

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpnɛu̯motoraks]

Noun

pneumothorax m inan

1. pneumothorax

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Dutch

Etymology

From pneumo- +‎ thorax.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pneumothorax m (plural pneumothoraxen, diminutive pneumothoraxje n)

1. pneumothorax

Synonyms

• klaplong

French

Etymology

From pneumo- +‎ thorax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pnø.mɔ.tɔ.ʁaks/

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Noun

pneumothorax m (plural pneumothorax)

1. pneumothorax

Descendants

• → Persian: پنوموتوراکس (penomotorâks)
• → Romanian: pneumotorax
• → Turkish: pnömotoraks

Further reading

• “pneumothorax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pneumotoraks

Etymology

From Latin pneumo- + thorax.

Noun

pneumothorax m (definite singular pneumothoraxen, indefinite plural pneumothoraxer, definite plural pneumothoraxene)

1. pneumothorax

Synonyms

• punktert lunge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pneumotoraks

Etymology

From Latin pneumo- + thorax.

Noun

pneumothorax m (definite singular pneumothoraxen, indefinite plural pneumothoraxar, definite plural pneumothoraxane)

1. pneumothorax

Synonyms

• punktert lunge