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haemoptysis

/ hɪˈmɒptɪsɪs /

noun

  1. spitting or coughing up of blood or blood-streaked mucus, as in tuberculosis Compare haematemesis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of haemoptysis1

C17: from haemo- + -ptysis, from Greek ptyein to spit

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