Crossword-Solution: PNEUMOTHORAX
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pneumothorax | n. | A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “PNEUMOTHORAX”
| Clue | Answers |
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| AIR in the pleural cavity causing collapse of the lungs | 1 answer |
| COLLAPSED lung | 1 answer |
| accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity | 1 answer |
| Lung problem | 2 answers |
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Sentences with PNEUMOTHORAX (5)
Notwithstanding subsequent pneumothorax and extensive pleuritic effusion, the patient made a good recovery at the end of the fourth week and at the time of report it was still uncertain whether the needle remained in the heart or had wandered into the mediastinum.
The symptoms of penetrating wounds of the chest are--(1) The passage of blood and air through the wound; (2) hæmoptysis; (3) pneumothorax; and (4) protrusion of the lung forming a tumour covered with pleura.
Its especial sphere of usefulness is in severe cases of electric shock, hanging, smoke asphyxia, strangulation, suffocation, thoracic or abdominal pressure, apnea, acute traumatic pneumothorax, respiratory arrest from absence of sufficient oxygen, or apnea from the presence of quantities of irrespirable or irritant gases.
Pneumothorax is the only pathologic condition associated with signs similar to those of expiratory, valve-like bronchial obstruction by a foreign body.
Pleural perforation is manifested by the usual signs of pneumothorax, and will be demonstrated in the roentgenogram.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1986).