HAEMOPTYSIS


Meaning of HAEMOPTYSIS in English

[ hi:'mɒptɪsɪs ]

( US hemoptysis )

■ noun the coughing up of blood.

Origin

C17: from haemo- + Gk ptusis 'spitting'.

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