Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pneumothorax

1 sense of pneumothorax

Sense 1
pneumothorax -- (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))
       => abnormality, abnormalcy -- (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)