HYDROTHORAX
\hˈa͡ɪdɹəθˌɔːɹaks], \hˈaɪdɹəθˌɔːɹaks], \h_ˈaɪ_d_ɹ_ə_θ_ˌɔː_ɹ_a_k_s]\
Definitions of HYDROTHORAX
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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is a rare disease, and difficult of diagnosis. It generally exists only on one side, which, if the fluid effused be considerable, projects more than the other. Dyspnoea, and fluctuation perceptible to the ear, are characteristic symptoms. When the chest is examined with the stethoscope, respiration is found to be wanting every where, except at the root of the lung. The sound is also dull on percussion. Effusion into the chest, as a result of inflammation of some thoracic viscus, is as common as the other is rare. It is usually a fatal symptom. It has been called symptomatic hydrothorax. In hydrothorax, the course of treatment proper in dropsies in general must be adopted. Diuretics seem, here, to be especially useful: probably on account of the great activity of pulmonary absorption. Paracentesis can rarely be serviceable.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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