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Spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes as a result of pulmonary or bronchial hemorrhage. SYN: bronchostaxis. [hemo- + G. ptysis, a spitting]
- parasitic h. the clinical expression of paragonimiasis, marked by a cough and spitting of blood from the lungs. SYN: endemic h..
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he·mop·ty·sis or chiefly Brit hae·mop·ty·sis hi-'mäp-tə-səs n, pl -ty·ses -.sēz expectoration of blood from some part of the respiratory tract
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he·mop·ty·sis (he-mopґtĭ-sis) [hemo- + Gr. ptyein to spit] the expectoration of blood or of blood-stained sputum. hemoptysic adjMedical dictionary. 2011.