pneumothorax
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English
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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.
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presence of air inside the pleural cavity
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Czech
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pneumothorax m inan
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Dutch
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pneumothorax m (plural pneumothoraxen, diminutive pneumothoraxje n)
- (medicine) pneumothorax
- Synonym: klaplong
Further reading
pneumothorax on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
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pneumothorax m (plural pneumothorax)
Descendants
- → Persian: پنوموتوراکس (penomotorâks)
- → Romanian: pneumotorax
- → Turkish: pnömotoraks
Further reading
- “pneumothorax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
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pneumothorax m (definite singular pneumothoraxen, indefinite plural pneumothoraxer, definite plural pneumothoraxene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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pneumothorax m (definite singular pneumothoraxen, indefinite plural pneumothoraxar, definite plural pneumothoraxane)