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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emphysema \Em`phy*se"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr ? inflation, fr ? to inflate; ? in + ? to blow: cf F. emphys[`e]me.] (Med.) 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: emphysema n : an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age [syn: {pulmonary emphysema}]
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