hemoptysis

English

Alternative forms

• haemoptysis

Etymology

hemo- +‎ Ancient Greek πτύσις (ptúsis, “spitting”)

Noun

hemoptysis (countable and uncountable, plural hemoptyses)

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

Synonyms

• hemosputum

Translations

expectoration of blood

• Greek: αιμόπτυση (el) f (aimóptysi)
• Ido: hemoptizio (io)
• Italian: emottisi (it) f
• Malay: batuk darah
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• Spanish: hemoptisis (es) f
• Swedish: hemoptys (sv) c
• Tagalog: paglurandugo