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emphysema

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  1. 1. n. A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age Source: wordnet
  3. 3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 4. A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellulartissue. Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema (Med.), a commondisease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and theirpartition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air containedin them. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n:100 n. an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age Source: ecdict

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