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Webster 1913 Edition
Emphysema
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Emˊphy-se′ma
,Noun.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] inflation, fr. [GREEK] to inflate; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] to blow: cf. F.
emphysème
.] (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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Emphysema
EMPHYSE'MA
Definition 2024
emphysema
emphysema
English
Noun
emphysema (plural emphysemas or emphysemata)
- (pathology) An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs.
- (medicine) Pulmonary emphysema, a chronic lung disease, one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Derived terms
Synonyms
- pneumatosis (corresponding to the broadest sense of emphysema)
Translations
abnormal accumulation of air in tissues
pulmonary emphysema — see pulmonary emphysema