hemoptysis

English

Alternative forms

• haemoptysis

Etymology

From hemo- +‎ Ancient Greek πτύσις (ptúsis, “spitting”), from πτύω (ptúō, “to spit”).

Noun

hemoptysis (countable and uncountable, plural hemoptyses)

1. (medicine) expectoration (coughing up) of blood from the respiratory system

Synonyms

• hemosputum

Translations

expectoration of blood

• German: Bluthusten (de) m, Blutspucken n, Hä­mo­ptoe f, Hä­mo­ptyse f, Hä­mo­ptysis f
• Greek: αιμόπτυση (el) f (aimóptysi)
• Hungarian: vérköpés (hu)
• Ido: hemoptizio (io)
• Indonesian: batuk darah (id)
• Italian: emottisi (it) f
• Malay: batuk darah
• Polish: krwioplucie (pl) n
• Russian: кровоха́рканье (ru) n (krovoxárkanʹje)
• Spanish: hemoptisis (es) f
• Swedish: hemoptys (sv) c
• Tagalog: paglurandugo
• Ukrainian: кровоха́ркання (krovoxárkannja)