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pneumatocele

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pneumatocele /pneu·ma·to·cele/ (noo-mat´o-sēl)
1. aerocele; a tumor or cyst formed by air or other gas filling an adventitious pouch, such as a laryngocele, tracheocele, or gaseous swelling of the scrotum.
2. a usually benign, thin-walled, air-containing cyst of the lung, as in staphylococcal pneumonia.

pneu·ma·to·cele (nm-t-sl, n-mt-)
n.
1. A emphysematous or gaseous swelling.
2. See pneumonocele.
3. A thin-walled cavity formed within the lung, characteristic of staphylococcus pneumonia.

pneumatocele
[noo͡mat′əsēl′]
1 a thin-walled cavity in the lung parenchyma caused by partial airway obstruction.
2 a hernial protrusion of lung tissue.
3 a tumor or sac containing gas, especially of the scrotum. Also called pneumonocele [no̅o̅mon′əsēl] .

pneumatocele
1. hernia of lung tissue.
2. a usually benign, thin-walled, air-containing cyst of the lung.
3. a tumor or sac containing gas, especially a gaseous swelling of the scrotum.


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