emphysema

/em-fuh-see-muh, -zee-/US // ˌɛm fəˈsi mə, -ˈzi- //UK // (ˌɛmfɪˈsiːmə) //

气肿,肺气肿,哮喘,肿胀

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Pathology.
- : a chronic, irreversible disease of the lungs characterized by abnormal enlargement of air spaces in the lungs accompanied by destruction of the tissue lining the walls of the air spaces.
- : any abnormal distention of an organ, or part of the body, with air or other gas.

And in her final years, when she was blinded by macular degeneration and suffocating with emphysema, vanity left her isolated.
Suffering from severe emphysema, she clung to life through a ventilator, as Singer coordinated her care.
There may be some emphysema, but not enough to account for the respiratory difficulty.
Surgical emphysema signifies the effusion of air into the general connective tissues of the body.
Whooping-cough is well known as the exciting cause of emphysema in many persons.
Of pulmonary emphysema there are two forms, true vesicular and interstitial (or interlobular).
Madeira and the Canaries are useful when emphysema is present or where there is much irritability of constitution.