Pneumatothorax

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pneumatothorax \Pneu`ma*to*tho"rax\, n. [Pneumato- + thorax.]
     (Med.)
     See {Pneumothorax}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pneumothorax \Pneu`mo*tho"rax\, n. [Gr. ? air + E. thorax.]
     (Med.)
     A condition in which air or other gas is present in the
     cavity of the chest; -- called also {pneumatothorax}.
     [1913 Webster]