PNEUMOTHORAX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pneumothorax" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

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