oleothoraxn.
/ˌəʊlɪəʊˈθɔːraks/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊlioʊˈθɔræks/ Medicine. Now historical.
The introduction of a light oil into the pleural cavity, formerly used to treat tuberculosis; a pleural cavity so treated.
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1922 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 24 June 1996/2 The normal pleura would not bear this direct treatment, but in such pathologic conditions the oleothorax answered the desired purpose.
1938 Brit. Encycl. Med. Pract. IX. 309 Oleothorax is a therapeutic method consisting in the introduction of a sterile oil or an oil containing an antiseptic into the pleural cavity.
1962 H. Spencer Pathol. Lung xii. 384 They [sc. liquid paraffin granulomas in the lung] have also been reported following oleothorax.
1974 Science 18 Oct. 211 (caption) Chest layer through the anterior fifth rib, in a patient with left oleothorax.
1984 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 142 1107 Two [patients] with longstanding oleothoraces.
1999 Radiology 210 515 Thoracic imaging of a patient treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with oleothorax therapy before the antibiotic era demonstrated a rare complication.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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