pulmonary emphysema : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pulmonary emphysema	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pulmonary emphysema
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pulmonary emphysema n an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age Synonym(s): emphysema, pulmonary emphysema
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Emphysema \[d8]Em`phy*se"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] inflation, fr. [?] to inflate; [?] in + [?] to blow: cf. F. emphys[8a]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.