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| emphysematous phlegmon
| emphyteusis
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emphysema
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun emphysema has 1 sense
- emphysema(n = noun.state) pulmonary emphysema - an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age; Array is a kind of respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness
has particulars: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Derived form adjective emphysematous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
emphysema, n. [NL., from Gr. inflation, fr. to inflate; in + to blow: cf. F. emphysème.].
A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
emphysema, n.
1 enlargement of the air sacs of the lungs causing breathlessness.
2 a swelling caused by the presence of air in the connective tissues of the body.
1 enlargement of the air sacs of the lungs causing breathlessness.
2 a swelling caused by the presence of air in the connective tissues of the body.
Etymology
LL f. Gk emphusema f. emphusao puff up
THESAURUS
emphysema
Asiatic flu, Hong Kong flu, acute bronchitis, adenoiditis, aluminosis, amygdalitis, anthracosilicosis, anthracosis, asbestosis, asthma, atypical pneumonia, bituminosis, black lung, bronchial pneumonia, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, catarrh, chalicosis, chronic bronchitis, cold, collapsed lung, common cold, coniosis, coryza, croup, croupous pneumonia, double pneumonia, dry pleurisy, empyema, epidemic pleurodynia, fibrinous pneumonia, flu, grippe, hay fever, influenza, la grippe, laryngitis, lipoid pneumonia, lobar pneumonia, lung cancer, lung fever, pharyngitis, pleurisy, pleuritis, pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, pneumonic fever, pneumothorax, quinsy, rheum, siderosis, silicosis, sore throat, swine flu, the sniffles, the snuffles, tonsilitis, virus pneumonia, wet pleurisy, whooping cough
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