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German
Etymology
pneumo- + Thorax
Noun
Pneumothorax m (strong, genitive Pneumothoraxes or Pneumothorax, plural (uncommon) Pneumothoraxe)
- (medicine) pneumothorax
- Synonym: Pneu
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg , volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 393:Ha, ha, mit dem Pneumothorax zu pfeifen und harmlose Wanderer damit zu erschrecken! Ein frevles Spiel nenne er das, als sündhaften Mißbrauch bezeichne er es freierdings und in gerechtem Zorne …- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Pneumothorax
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