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Emphysema definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMPHYSE'MA
EMPHYSEM'ATOUS, a. Pertaining to emphysema; swelled,bloated, but yielding easily to pressure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age [syn: emphysema, pulmonary emphysema]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek emphys?ma, from emphysan to inflate, from em- ²en- + physan to blow, from physa breath — more at pustule Date: 1661 a condition characterized by air-filled expansions of body tissues; specifically a condition of the lung marked by abnormal enlargement of the alveoli with loss of pulmonary elasticity that is characterized especially by shortness of breath and may lead to impairment of heart action • emphysematous adjective • emphysemic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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. Etymology: LL f. Gk emphusema f. emphusao puff up

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Emphysema Em`phy*se"ma, n. [NL., from Gr. ? inflation, fr. ? to inflate; ? in + ? to blow: cf. F. emphys[`e]me.] (Med.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema (Med.), a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air contained in them.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Emphysema is a serious medical condition that occurs when the lungs become larger and do not work properly, causing difficulty in breathing.

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