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Definition: Pneumothorax |
PneumothoraxNoun1. Abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Pneumothorax \Pneu`mo*tho"rax\, noun. [Greek expression air English thorax.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Health | Accumulation of air or gas in the space between the lung and chest wall, resulting in partial or complete collapse of the lung. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A pneumothorax or collapsed lung is one of several types of life-threatening medical emergencies that can result from a penetrating chest wound.
The lungs exist inside the chest cavity, which is a hollow space. Air is drawn into the lungs by a powerful abdominal muscle called the diaphragm which separates the chest cavity from the lower internal organs. The pleural cavity is the region between the chest wall and the lungs. If air enters the pleural cavity, either from the outside or from the lung, the lung collapses and it becomes mechanically impossible for the injured person to breathe, even with a clear airway.
If a piece of tissue forms a one-way valve that allows air to enter the pleural cavity from the lung but not to escape, overpressure can build up with every breath; this is known as tension pneumothorax. It may lead to severe shortness of breath as well as circulatory collapse, both life-threatening conditions.
Small pneumothoraces often resolve spontaneously and may require no other treatment than clinical observation. A large pneumothorax or tension pneumothorax can be a medical emergency.
Common causes of pneumothorax are a penetrating chest injurytrauma, atmospheric overpressure, and preexisting lung disease; a pneumothorax may also occur spontaneously without apparent cause.
A tension pneumothorax is caused by interior injury to the lung which does not breach the chest wall, or by an improperly applied dressing for a penetrating chest wound. Rarely it may result from lung illnesses such as advanced pneumonia or lung cancer.
A person with injuries as above is unable to breathe even though they have a clear airway. They may spit or cough up blood. They will turn "blue" and become unconscious. Immediate treatment is required within minutes or the injured person will die. There may be only one wound (an entrance wound) or two (an exit wound as well). Both must be treated.
One standard first aid treatment is to cover the wound with pressure bandage(s) made air-tight with petroleum jelly or clean plastic sheeting. The sterile inside of plastic bandage packaging is good for this purpose; however any airtight material, even the cellophane of a cigarette pack, can be used.
IMPORTANT: do not completely close off the opening. Leave a flap or corner open so that air does not build up in the lungs yet the patient can still breathe.
Any patient with a penetrating chest wound must be closely watched at all times and may develop a tension pneumothorax or other immediately life-threatening respiratory emergency at any moment. Do not leave them alone, even for a moment.Definition
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Crosswords: Pneumothorax |
| English words defined with "pneumothorax": Pneumatothorax. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pneumothorax": Meconium Aspiration ♦ valvular pneumothorax. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "pneumothorax": Pyopneumothorax. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pneumothorax" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (pneumothorax). |
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 | Middlesex Hospital, London, England. : Artificial pneumothorax. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Interior views of pneumothorax room, x-ray department, and throat treatment room, Holy Cross Sanatorium Mahoney Park, Deming, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Health | The chest x-ray is used to diagnose a pneumothorax or the presence of fluid in the chest cavity (pleural effusion). (references) | |
Often the person with LAM first goes to the physician complaining of chest pain and shortness of breath that was caused by a pneumothorax. (references) | ||
The occurrence of adverse events in the practice of acupuncture has been documented to be extremely low. However, these events have occurred on rare occasions, some of which are life-threatening (e.g., pneumothorax). (references) | ||
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| "Pneumothorax" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pneumothorax" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
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Expression using "pneumothorax": valvular pneumothorax. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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pneumothorax | 202 |
spontaneous pneumothorax | 34 |
tension pneumothorax | 17 |
catamenial pneumothorax | 8 |
treatment for pneumothorax | 4 |
infant pneumothorax | 3 |
pneumothorax symptom | 2 |
pneumothorax surgery | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "pneumothorax"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pneumatoraks. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | طريقة معالجة السل الرئوي, الاسترواح الصدري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ventilpneumothorax (valvular pneumothorax), overtrykspneumothorax (valvular pneumothorax), Graf's pneumothorax (Graf pneumothorax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pneumothorax van Graf (Graf pneumothorax), ventiel pneumothorax (valvular pneumothorax), spanningspneumothorax (valvular pneumothorax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pneumothorax. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ventilpneumothorax (valvular pneumothorax), Spannungspneumothorax (valvular pneumothorax), Graf Pneumothorax (Graf pneumothorax), Graf Pneumolyse (Graf pneumothorax), Graf Pleurolyse (Graf pneumothorax), Graf Oleothorax (Graf pneumothorax), extrapleuraler Pneumothorax (Graf pneumothorax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πνευμονολυσία του Graf (Graf pneumothorax), πνευμονοθώραξ του Graf (Graf pneumothorax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pneumotorace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 気胸 (artificial pneumothorax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ききょう (artificial pneumothorax, Chinese bellflower, Christianity, eccentric, homecoming, return to one's home, returning to Tokyo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eumothoraxpnay pneumotórax valvular (valvular pneumothorax), pneumotórax sob tensão (valvular pneumothorax), pneumotórax de Graf (Graf pneumothorax). (various references) пневмоторакс. (various references) neumotórax. (various references) пневмоторакс. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "pneumothorax": pneumothoraxes. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "pneumothorax" (pronounced 'Pneu`mo*tho"rax'): Borax, Cephalothorax, Hemoothorax, hydrothorax, hyrax, Mesothorax, Metathorax, Prothorax, Pyopneumothorax, storax, styrax, thorax. (additional references) |
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| Words within the letters "a-e-h-m-n-o-o-p-r-t-u-x" | |
-2 letters: homopteran, protohuman. | |
-3 letters: auxotroph, protonema. | |
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+2 letters: pneumothoraxes. | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)P n e u m o t h o r a x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006E 0065 0075 006D 006F 0074 0068 006F 0072 0061 0078 |
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Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; 乌克兰, for Ukranian; |
