Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: hemothorax  ,hee-mu'tho,raks
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: haemothorax)
  1. Accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)
    "The car accident victim suffered a hemothorax and required immediate surgery";
    - haemothorax [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: hemothoraxes

Type of: congestion

Encyclopedia: Hemothorax