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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEMOPTYSIS, HEMOPTOE

a.[Gr. blood, and a spitting. ] A spitting of blood.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEMOPTYSIS

He *mop "ty *sis, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. hémoptysie.] (Med. )

 

Defn: The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hemoptysis

he mop ty sis |hēˈmäptəsis hiˈmɑptəsəs |(Brit. haemoptysis ) ▶noun the coughing up of blood. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: modern Latin, from hemo- ‘of blood ’ + Greek ptusis ‘spitting. ’