emphysema : Idioms & Phrases
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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.
Webster 1913
gangrenous emphysema
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noun (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon
emphysematous gangrene; emphysematous phlegmon; gas phlegmon; progressive emphysematous necrosis; gas gangrene; clostridial myonecrosis.
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pulmonary emphysema
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noun an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age
emphysema.
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Vesicular emphysema
(Med.) , emphysema of the lungs, in which the air vesicles are distended and their walls ruptured.
