Term: pneumothorax: abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis)
Broader: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | Unrelated: nullity: something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)
Broader: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | Unrelated: nature worship: a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena
Broader: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | Unrelated: elder: a person who is older than you are
Broader: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | Unrelated: biotite: dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock
Broader: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | Unrelated: genus caragana: large genus of Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small trees
Broader: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | Unrelated: windfall profit: profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it
Broader: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | Unrelated: dalton's law: (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature
Broader: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | Unrelated: prong: a pointed projection
Broader: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | Unrelated: society: an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
Broader: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | Unrelated: oncogene: a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells