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HYDROTHORAX

• HYDROTHORAX (noun)
The noun HYDROTHORAX has 1 sense:

1. accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys

Familiarity information: HYDROTHORAX used as a noun is very rare.

• HYDROTHORAX (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hydrothorax" is a kind of...):

congestion (excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part)

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