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Webster 1913 Edition

Hemoptysis

He-mop′ty-sis

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

αἷμα

blood + [GREEK] to spit: cf. F.

hémoptysie

.]

(Med.)

The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hemoptysis

HEMOP'TYSIS