pneumothorax

Definition of pneumothorax

pneum(at)-o-thorax- - air filling pleur-al space due to perforation (chest air)

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Etymology of pneumothorax

pneumothorax (n.) “presence of air in the pleural cavity,” 1821, from French pneumothorax (1803), coined by French physician Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774-1838) The term “pneumothorax” refers to the presence of air in the pleural cavity and was coined by French physician Jean Marc Gaspard Itard in 1803, with its earliest known use in English appearing in 1821 in a translation by John Forbes. The word itself is a composite of Greek origin, combining “pneuma” (air) and “thorax” (chest).

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