Look up: emphysema

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   Emphysema
   Emphysema is an abnormal presence of air in certain parts of the body. Generally however the term is restricted to a peculiar affection of the lungs, exhibited in two forms, vesicular emphysema, dilation or rupture of the air-sacs, and interlobular emphysema, infiltration of air into the connective tissue beneath the pleura.
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   Emphysema
   The presence of air in the alveolar tissue of the lungs. It is caused when damage to the alveoli allows air to penetrate the interstitial tissue which then inflates.
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   emphysema
   [n] - an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function
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   Emphysema
   A lung disease causing chronic breathlessness and episodes of bronchitis.
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   Emphysema
   a chronic disease in which the small air sacs in the lungs (the alveoli) become damaged; characterised by difficulty breathing
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   Emphysema
   A chronic, irreversible disease of the lungs - The lung in emphysema is over-inflated and has larger and fewer air spaces (alveoli) than normal. It is like a natural sponge whereas a healthy lung is like a synthetic sponge - Larger and fewer air spaces results in diminished transfer of oxygen from the air to the blood, so the patient is breathless. ...
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   Emphysema
   Distension or hyperinflation of the tiny air sacs (alveoli) and small air passages (bronchioles) due to loss of elasticity. It can accompany chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic bronchitis), and causes breathlessness. It is a chronic respiratory disease
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   Emphysema
   A pulmonary condition with loss of elasticity in the alveoli and the interalveolar septa...the meat-foam and their interleaving sheaths that you fill up when you breathe.
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   emphysema
   A chronic disease featuring abnormal distension of the alveoli (air sacks)
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    Emphysema
    (1) The collection of air in certain parts of the body where it is not usually present. (2) A condition in which the lungs become grossly enlarged due to retention of air.
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    Emphysema
    Emphysema: 1) A lung condition featuring an abnormal accumulation of air in the lung's many tiny air sacs, a tissue called alveoli. As air continues to collect in these sacs, they become enlarged, and may break, or be damaged and form scar tissue. Emphysema is strongly associated with smoking cigarettes, a practice that causes lung irritation. It c ...
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    emphysema
    abnormal presence of air or gas in the body tissues Category: Medicine
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    emphysema
    Pulmonary emphysema is associated with chronic bronchitis and may be caused by excessive leucocyte elastase activity in the alveolar walls (possibly as a result of the inactivation of a -1-antiprotease by active oxygen species released by leucocytes in inflammation).
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    Emphysema
    Em`phy·se'ma noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... inflation, from ... to inflate; ... in + ... to blow: confer French emphysème .] (Medicine) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. Emphysema of the lungs , Pulmonary emphysema (Medicine) , a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition wal ...
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    emphysema
    <chest medicine> A pathological accumulation of air in tissues or organs, applied especially to such a condition of the lungs. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    emphysema
    pulmonary emphysema noun an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age
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    Emphysema
    `Emphysema` is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), formerly termed chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD). It is often caused by exposure to toxic chemicals or long-term exposure to tobacco smoke. Emphysema is caused by loss of elasticity (increased compliance) of the lung tissue, from destruction of structures supporting the alveoli, and destruction of capillaries feeding the alveoli. The result is that the small airways co...
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    emphysema
    (em″fә-se´mә) any pathologic accumulation of air in tissues or organs. adj., emphysem´atous., adj. pulmonary emphysema.
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    Emphysema
    • (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
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    emphysema
    condition characterized by widespread destruction of the gas-exchanging tissues of the lungs, resulting in abnormally large air spaces. Lungs ... [5 related articles]
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    emphysema
    (Gr. 'an inflation') a pathological accumulation of air in tissues or organs; applied especially to such a condition of the lungs.
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    emphysema
    emphysema (emfisē'mu) , pathological or physiological enlargement or overdistention of the air sacs of the lungs. A major cause of pulmonary insufficiency in chronic cigarette smokers, emphysema is a progressive disease that commonly occurs in conjunction with chronic bronchitis. It is fou...
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