therapeutic pneumothorax

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Etymology: Gk, therapeia, treatment, pneuma, air, thorax

the intentional introduction of air into the pleural space, causing partial collapse of a lung. It was used in the 1940s for treatment of certain cases of tuberculosis. Also called artificial pneumothorax.

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