See Also: Pneumothorax(medicine)
Pneumothorax(health)
pneumothorax(dictionary)
pneumothorax simplex(medicine)
artificial pneumothorax(medicine)
valvular pneumothorax(medicine)
therapeutic pneumothorax(medicine)
tension pneumothorax(medicine)
spontaneous pneumothorax(medicine)
pressure pneumothorax(medicine)

pneumothorax (iou)



pneumothorax noun. , -raxes. E19.
[from PNEUMO- + THORAX.]
Medicine. The presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity of the thorax, caused by perforation of the chest wall or of the lung; pneumatothorax.
artificial pneumothorax pneumothorax induced diagnostically or, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.