- emphysemic
- adjective see emphysema
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
emphysemic
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emphysemic — See emphysematous. * * * … Universalium
emphysemic — emphysēˈmic noun Someone suffering from emphysema • • • Main Entry: ↑emphysema … Useful english dictionary
emphysema — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek emphysēma, from emphysan to inflate, from em 2en + physan to blow, from physa breath more at pustule Date: 1661 a condition characterized by air filled expansions of body tissues; specifically a condition of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
emphysema — emphysematous /em feuh sem euh teuhs, see meuh , zem euh , zee meuh /, adj. emphysemic, adj. /em feuh see meuh, zee /, n. Pathol. 1. a chronic, irreversible disease of the lungs characterized by abnormal enlargement of air spaces in the lungs… … Universalium
emphysema — /ɛmfəˈsimə / (say emfuh seemuh) noun abnormal distension of an organ or a part of the body with air or other gas, especially pulmonary emphysema which causes severe restriction of respiratory function. {New Latin, from Greek: inflation}… …
emphysema — [em΄fə sē′mə; ] also [ em΄fəzē′mə] n. [ModL < Gr emphysēma, inflation < emphysaein, to inflate, blow in < en , in + physaein, to blow < IE * phus < base * pu , * phu , echoic of blowing with puffed cheeks] 1. an abnormal swelling… … English World dictionary
