肺はい気き胸きょう

noun

pneumothorax

Medical term for a collapsed lung caused by air in the pleural space. Related to 気胸 (pneumothorax), with 肺 specifying the lung.

See also: 気胸

• 肺はい気き胸きょうの治ち療りょうには胸きょう腔くうドレナージが行おこなわれることが多おおい。

  Chest drainage is often performed to treat pneumothorax.