hemothorax

2 definitions found

hemothorax - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hemothorax \Hem`o*tho"rax\, n. [NL. See Hemo-, and Thorax.]
     (Med.)
     An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura.
     [1913 Webster]

hemothorax - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hemothorax
      n 1: accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space
           between the lungs and the walls of the chest) [syn:
           hemothorax, haemothorax]