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Definition of Pulmonary emphysema
1. Noun. An abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age.
Generic synonyms: Respiratory Disease, Respiratory Disorder, Respiratory Illness
Specialized synonyms: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Derivative terms: Emphysematous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulmonary Emphysema
Literary usage of Pulmonary emphysema
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1890)
"THE CAUSES DETERMINING pulmonary emphysema. BY J. SYDNEY EDKINS, BA, MB CAMB.
THAT the method by which pulmonary emphysema is produced has always been a ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"At the present day, however, there are two conditions to which it refers, "
pulmonary emphysema " (and the word pulmonary is often omitted) and " surgical ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"At the present day, however, there are two conditions to which it refers, "
pulmonary emphysema " (and the word pulmonary is often omitted) and " surgical ..."
4. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1886)
"pulmonary emphysema, the abnormal inflation of the lungs, ... The essence of
pulmonary emphysema, the condition from which most symptoms are immediately ..."
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