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pyothorax
This term is a specialized medical descriptor used primarily in clinical settings, pathology reports, and veterinary medicine. It carries a high degree of formality and is rarely used in casual conversation, where a patient or layperson might instead refer to a pleural infection or an abscess in the chest.
As a medical condition describing a specific state of fluid accumulation, the term is treated as an uncountable noun. It refers to the pathological condition itself rather than a discrete object that can be counted.
Meanings
Examples
The patient was diagnosed with pyothorax after the chest X-ray showed a large pleural effusion.
We need to insert a chest tube immediately to drain the pyothorax.
The dog is breathing rapidly and has a high fever, which are classic signs of pyothorax.
Is this a simple pleural effusion or a full-blown pyothorax?
The surgeon performed a decortication to remove the thick fibrous peel caused by the pyothorax.
I wonder if the infection spread from the lungs to cause this pyothorax.
The culture results confirmed that Staphylococcus aureus was the primary cause of the pyothorax.
Treatment for pyothorax usually requires a combination of systemic antibiotics and surgical drainage.
Treatment for pyothorax usually requires a combination of systemic antibiotics and surgical drainage.