pneumothorax

English

Alternative forms

pneumatothorax

Etymology

pneumo- +‎ thorax

Noun

pneumothorax (usually uncountable, plural pneumothoraxes or pneumothoraces)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

hemopneumothorax/pneumohemothorax
tension pneumothorax

Translations

presence of air inside the pleural cavity

Chinese:
Mandarin: 氣胸 (zh), 气胸 (zh) (qìxiōng)
Dutch: klaplong (nl), pneumothorax (nl) m
Finnish: ilmarinta

German: Pneumothorax m
Hebrew: פנאומותורקס‎ m (pne'umotóraks), חזה אוויר‎ m (khazé avír)
Portuguese: pneumotórax m
Spanish: neumotórax (es) m

Czech

Alternative forms

pneumotorax m

Noun

pneumothorax m

pneumothorax

Dutch

Etymology

pneumo- +‎ thorax

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

pneumothorax m (plural pneumothoraxen, diminutive pneumothoraxje n)

pneumothorax

Synonyms

klaplong

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

pneumotoraks

Etymology

From Latin pneumo- + thorax

Noun

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

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)

pneumothorax

Synonyms

punktert lunge

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