emphysema

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: em=phy=se=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

emphysema, n. [NL., from Gr. inflation, fr. to inflate; in + to blow: cf. F. emphysème.].

 A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.  [1913 Webster]

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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

emphysema, n.
1 enlargement of the air sacs of the lungs causing breathlessness.
2 a swelling caused by the presence of air in the connective tissues of the body.

Etymology

LL f. Gk emphusema f. emphusao puff up

THESAURUS

emphysema

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