Melanoptysis
PulmonologyGood to know
Expectoration of black or dark-colored sputum, a characteristic finding in coal workers' pneumoconiosis.
Korean
흑색객담
검거나 어두운 색 가래를 기침으로 내뱉는 증상으로, 탄광 근로자의 진폐증에서 볼 수 있다.
French
Mélanoptysie
Expectoration de crachats noirs ou foncés ; observée dans la pneumoconiose des mineurs de charbon.
Word parts
melano-Prefix(Greek) Black, dark-ptysisSuffix(Greek) Spitting, coughing up