Definition of Emptysis

1. spitting of eg blood [n EMPTYSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emptysis

empty space
empty spaces
empty suit
empty suits
empty sum
empty sums
empty talk
empty the bench
empty the tank
empty vessels make the most sound
empty words
emptying
emptyings
emptyish
emptyses
emptysis (current term)
empugn
empugned
empugning
empugns
empurple
empurpled
empurples
empurpling
empusa
empusas
empuse
empuses
empuzzle
empuzzled

Literary usage of Emptysis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"emptysis, emp'-tis-is. Hemorrhage from the lungs. Empu'sa. A genus of parasitic fungi infesting insects. Empyema, em-pi-e'-mah. ..."

2. The Extant works of Aretaeus, the Cappadocian by Aretaeus, Francis Adams (1856)
"... and it is called emptysis [or spitting of blood]. But when the discharge is more scanty, and by drops, or when it comes more copiously from the head, ..."

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