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Hemoptysis

Spitting up blood or blood-tinged sputum.

Pronounced he-MOP-tis-is.

The word 'hemoptysis' comes from the Greek 'haima' for 'blood' + 'ptysis' meaning 'a spitting' = a spitting of blood.

The source of the blood was originally not specified but now refers only to blood from the respiratory tract.

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