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Emphysema
The term Emphysema means "swelling" and derives from the Greek ἐμφυσᾶν emphysan meaning "inflate" - itself composed of ἐν en, meaning "in", and φυσᾶν physan, meaning "breath, blast". Emphysema usually refers to a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes sh...
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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 t...
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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 cigare...
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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...
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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
(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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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 ...
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emphysema
Type: Term Pronunciation: em′fi-sē′mă Definitions: 1. Presence of air in the interstices of the connective tissue of a part. 2. A condition of the lung characterized by increase beyond the normal in the size of air spaces distal to the terminal bronchiole (those parts containin...
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emphysema
Incurable lung condition characterized by disabling breathlessness. Progressive loss of the thin walls dividing the air spaces (alveoli) in the lungs reduces the area available for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, causing the lung tissue to expand. The term `emphysema` can also refer to th...
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emphysema
(em;fu1-se;mua, em;fu1-ze;mua) A lung disease in which the alveoli are destroyed and the remaining alveoli become larger. It results in decreased vital capacity and increased airway resistance.
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emphysema
(em;fu1-se;mua, em;fu1-ze;mua) A lung disease in which the alveoli are destroyed and the remaining alveoli become larger. It results in decreased vital capacity and increased airway resistance.
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