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Definition of oleothorax in English:

oleothorax

Pronunciation /ˌəʊlɪəʊˈθɔːraks/

noun

historical Medicine

  • The introduction of a light oil into the pleural cavity, formerly used to treat tuberculosis; a pleural cavity so treated.

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Medical Association. From French oléo-thorax from oléo- + thorax.