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pulmonary emphysema

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables
pul-monary em-phy-se-ma
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chronic lung disease characterised by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in laboured breathing and caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, most commonly tobacco smoke.

Inflected Forms

pulmonary emphysemas (plural)

Synonyms

emphysema

Questions

What does pulmonary emphysema mean?
A chronic lung disease characterised by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in laboured breathing and caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, most commonly tobacco smoke.

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