'Emphysema' definitions:
Definition of 'emphysema'
From: WordNet
noun
An abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age [syn: emphysema, pulmonary emphysema]
Definition of 'Emphysema'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'emphysema'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute bronchitis,
- adenoiditis,
- aluminosis,
- amygdalitis,
- anthracosilicosis,
- anthracosis,
- asbestosis,
- Asiatic flu,
- asthma,
- atypical pneumonia,
- bituminosis,
- black lung,
- bronchial pneumonia,
- bronchiectasis,
- bronchiolitis,
- bronchitis,
- bronchopneumonia,
- catarrh,
- chalicosis,
- chronic bronchitis,
- cold,
- collapsed lung,
- common cold,
- coniosis,
- coryza,
- croup,
- croupous pneumonia,
- double pneumonia,
- dry pleurisy,
- empyema,
- epidemic pleurodynia,
- fibrinous pneumonia,
- flu,
- grippe,
- hay fever,
- Hong Kong flu,
- influenza,
- la grippe,
- laryngitis,
- lipoid pneumonia,
- lobar pneumonia,
- lung cancer,
- lung fever,
- pharyngitis,
- pleurisy,
- pleuritis,
- pneumococcal pneumonia,
- pneumoconiosis,
- pneumonia,
- pneumonic fever,
- pneumothorax,
- quinsy,
- rheum,
- siderosis,
- silicosis,
- sore throat,
- swine flu,
- the sniffles,
- the snuffles,
- tonsilitis,
- virus pneumonia,
- wet pleurisy,
- whooping cough