emphysema

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  1. noun A pathological condition of the lungs marked by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in labored breathing and an increased susceptibility to infection. It can be caused by irreversible expansion of the alveoli or by the destruction of alveolar walls.
  2. noun An abnormal distention of body tissues caused by retention of air.

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  • The first article said he's got emphysema, and chronic stomach ulcers. —  BV on Sports
  • Fans of Smokey and the Bandit will be sad to learn that Jerry Reed died yesterday of complications from emphysema, at the age of 71. —  Blogrunner
  • Hurricane victims have linked health problems such as emphysema, asthma, cancer to living in the trailers, even claiming deaths.
  • This was only a couple of years before Harry's death and he was suffering from emphysema, and the American magus, ethnomusicologist, and experimental filmmaker was in gnomic mode. —  Brit Lit Blogs
  • This data could help critical care doctors re-evaluate treatment for long-term patients suffering from respiratory distress syndromes, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, and other serious illnesses, many of which force their hosts to adapt to low oxygen levels in the blood. —  Geeknews
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  1. Greek emphūsēma, inflation, from emphūsān, to blow in : en-, in; see en-2 + phūsān, to blow (from phūsa, bellows, bladder).

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἐμφύσημα, an inflation (of the stomach, peritoneum, etc.), from ἐμφυσᾶν, blow in, inflate, from ἐν, in, + φυσᾶν, blow.
 

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