noun
- Plural of haemoptysis; instances of coughing up blood or blood-stained sputum from the respiratory tract.
Usage: Medical/clinical term; British spelling (American: hemoptysis/hemoptysises)
Examples
- The patient experienced multiple haemoptyses over the course of a week.
- Recurrent haemoptyses can indicate a serious underlying lung condition.
- The doctor documented several haemoptyses in the patient's medical history.
- Tuberculosis is one cause of haemoptyses that requires immediate treatment.
- The frequency of haemoptyses increased as the disease progressed.