1) Lung problem 2) Pulmonary emphysema 3) Respiratory disease 4) Respiratory disorder 5) Respiratory illness 6) Serious lung condition
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A chronic, irreversible disease of the lungs.
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• (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
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(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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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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Pulmonary emphysema is a disorder affecting the alveoli (tiny air sacs) of the lungs. The transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs takes place in the walls of the alveoli. In emphysema, the alveoli become abnormally inflated, damaging their walls and making it harder to breathe. People who smoke or have chronic bronchitis have an increase...
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<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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(em″fә-se´mә) any pathologic accumulation of air in tissues or organs. adj., emphysem´atous., adj. pulmonary emphysema.
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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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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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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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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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(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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A chronic disease featuring abnormal distension of the alveoli (air sacks)
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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 containing alveoli), with destructive changes in their wall...
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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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(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 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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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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n] - an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function
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A lung disease causing chronic breathlessness and episodes of bronchitis.
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a chronic disease in which the small air sacs in the lungs (the alveoli) become damaged; characterised by difficulty breathing
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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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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 the presence of air in other body tissues
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a chronic, irreversible disease of the lungs characterized by abnormal enlargement of air spaces in the lungs accompanied by destruction of the tissue lining the walls of the air spaces. · any abnormal distention of an organ, or part of the body, with air or other gas.
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