NOUN
- coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs
How To Use haemoptysis In A Sentence
- But do not administer hellebore to such persons as are laboring under empyema connected with abscesses, haemoptysis, and intemperament, or any other strong cause, for it will do no good; and if any thing unpleasant occur the hellebore will get the blame of it. On Regimen In Acute Diseases
- The patient represented ten months after the laryngectomy and neck dissection with a one day history of intermittent haemoptysis and haematemesis of fresh blood.
- The patient represented ten months after the laryngectomy and neck dissection with a one day history of intermittent haemoptysis and haematemesis of fresh blood.
- Common presentations included productive cough(8/8), haemoptysis(7/8) and constitutional symptoms(5/8).
- The first had some flitting chest pains; neither had any cough or haemoptysis.
- Advanced arterio-sclerosis, any form of serious organic visceral disease, advanced cirrhosis, pulmonary tuberculosis with a tendency to haemoptysis, much elevation of temperature or emaciation, are all entirely unsuited for this form of treatment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
- Now something similar may happen in fracture of the ribs; for in fracture of one or more ribs, in general, if the fractured bones are not driven inward, nor are laid bare, fever rarely supervenes, neither does it often happen that there is haemoptysis, empyema, and suppurating sores, which require treatment with pledgets, nor necrosis of the bones; and in these cases the ordinary regimen is sufficient. On The Articulations
- On arrival at the emergency department he had a high respiratory rate and haemoptysis.
- Dyspnoea and haemoptysis occasionally occur, but are by no means the rule. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
- The first had some flitting chest pains; neither had any cough or haemoptysis.