| emphysema |
Lung disease characterized by shortness of breath, often associated with smoking.
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| emphysema |
A pulmonary condition with loss of elasticity in the alveoli and the interalveolar septa...the meat-foam and their interleaving sheaths that you fill up when you breathe. If a septum gets too stretched over time, several of the little sacs will coalesce together, decreasing the surface area for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange. ...
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| emphysema |
A condition of the lungs, in which the small air sacs of the lungs, know as alveoli expand and dilate secondary to numerous causes. As the alveoli expand the ability to add oxygen and remove CO 2 to and from the blood is compromised. Emphysema can be caused by cigarette smoking, inhalation of toxic fumes and some congenital diseases. ...
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| emphysema |
A lung disease in which the air sacs are enlarged and damaged, impairing breathing and often requiring lung transplantation; most frequently caused by smoking.
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| emphysema |
overdisension of the air spaces (alveoli) in the lungs.
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