hemopleura


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hemothorax

 [he″mo-thor´aks]
a pleural effusion containing blood; called also hemopleura.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

hemopleura

(he?mo-ploo'ra)
An outdated term for hemothorax.
See: hemothorax
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