pneumothorax
See also: Pneumothorax
English
WOTD – 6 October 2025
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnjuː.məʊˌθɔ.ɹæks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnju.moʊˌθɔ.ɹæks/
Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
pneumothorax (usually uncountable, plural pneumothoraxes or pneumothoraces, abbreviation PTX)
- (pathology) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
- Synonyms: aerothorax, aeropleura
Derived terms
Translations
presence of air inside the pleural cavity
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpnɛu̯motoraks]
Noun
pneumothorax m inan
- (pathology) alternative form of pneumotorax
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpnœy̯.moːˌtoː.rɑks/, /ˈpnøː.moːˌtoː.rɑks/
Audio: (file)
Noun
pneumothorax m (plural pneumothoraxen, diminutive pneumothoraxje n)
- (pathology) pneumothorax
- Synonym: klaplong
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pneumothorax m (invariable)
Descendants
- → Persian: پنوموتوراکس (penomotorâks)
- → Romanian: pneumotorax
- → Turkish: pnömotoraks
Further reading
- “pneumothorax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- pneumotoraks
Etymology
Noun
pneumothorax m (definite singular pneumothoraxen, indefinite plural pneumothoraxer, definite plural pneumothoraxene)
- (pathology) pneumothorax
- Synonym: punktert lunge
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- pneumotoraks
Etymology
Noun
pneumothorax m (definite singular pneumothoraxen, indefinite plural pneumothoraxar, definite plural pneumothoraxane)
- (pathology) pneumothorax
- Synonym: punktert lunge