‖ hæmoptysis Path.
(hiːˈmɒptɪsɪs)
[mod.L. f. hæmo- + πτύσις spitting, f. πτύ-ειν to spit.]
Spitting of blood; expectoration of blood, or of bloody mucus, etc., from the lungs or bronchi.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. xi. 46 Julian for his hæmoptysis or spitting of bloud, was cured by hony and pine Nuts taken from his Altar. 1799 Med. Jrnl. II. 317 Without..removing pneumonia, or even hæmoptysis. 1849 D. P. Thomson Introd. Meteorol. 20 Very subject to bronchial hæmoptysis. |
Hence hæmoptysic (hiːməʊˈptɪzɪk, hɛm-), hæmopˈtysical adjs., relating to or affected with hæmoptysis.
| 1834 J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 173 The hæmoptysical engorgement..is only a lesser degree of the same affection. 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Hæmoptysic. |