pneumothorax

See also: Pneumothorax

English

Alternative forms

• pneumatothorax

Etymology

pneumo- +‎ thorax

Noun

pneumothorax (usually uncountable, plural pneumothoraxes or pneumothoraces)

1. (medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.

Synonyms

• PTX
• aerothorax
• aeropleura

Derived terms

• hemopneumothorax / pneumohemothorax
• PTX
• spontaneous pneumothorax
• tension pneumothorax

 

Translations

presence of air inside the pleural cavity

• Catalan: pneumotòrax f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氣胸／气胸 (zh) (qìxiōng)

• Dutch: klaplong (nl), pneumothorax (nl) m
• Finnish: ilmarinta
• French: pneumothorax (fr) m
• German: Pneumothorax m
• Hebrew: פנאומותורקס m (pne'umotóraks), חזה אוויר m (khazé avír)
• Italian: pneumotorace (it) m
• Kazakh: пневмоторакс (pnevmotoraks)
• Persian: پنوموتوراکس (penomotorâks)
• Polish: odma opłucnowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: pneumotórax m
• Romanian: pneumotorax (ro) n
• Spanish: neumotórax (es) m
• Thai: โพรงเยื่อหุ้มปอดมีอากาศ (proong-yʉ̂ʉa-hûm-bpɔ̀ɔt-mii-aa-gàat)
• Turkish: pnömotoraks

Czech

Alternative forms

• pneumotorax m

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpnɛu̯motoraks]

Noun

pneumothorax m inan

1. pneumothorax

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Dutch

Etymology

pneumo- +‎ thorax

Pronunciation

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Noun

pneumothorax m (plural pneumothoraxen, diminutive pneumothoraxje n)

1. pneumothorax

Synonyms

• klaplong

French

Etymology

From pneumo- +‎ thorax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pnø.mɔ.tɔ.ʁaks/

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Noun

pneumothorax m (plural pneumothorax)

1. pneumothorax

Descendants

• → Persian: پنوموتوراکس (penomotorâks)
• → Romanian: pneumotorax
• → Turkish: pnömotoraks

Further reading

• “pneumothorax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pneumotoraks

Etymology

From Latin pneumo- + thorax.

Noun

pneumothorax m (definite singular pneumothoraxen, indefinite plural pneumothoraxer, definite plural pneumothoraxene)

1. pneumothorax

Synonyms

• punktert lunge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pneumotoraks

Etymology

From Latin pneumo- + thorax.

Noun

pneumothorax m (definite singular pneumothoraxen, indefinite plural pneumothoraxar, definite plural pneumothoraxane)

1. pneumothorax

Synonyms

• punktert lunge