meaning of pneumothorax

1. A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax.
2.
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


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