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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
noun
- any of various lung diseases leading to poor pulmonary aeration, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. : COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Any of several pulmonary diseases, especially emphysema, in which chronic airway obstruction causes respiratory abnormalities, including shortness of breath.
Example Sentences
She said doctors could not pinpoint a precise cause, but it appeared to be related to a lung transplant he had in 2016 as a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The patient hospitalized in March had preexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cirrhosis, which may have exacerbated the melioidosis infection.
He is a widower and suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which put him at high risk of dying if he contracted covid-19.
They discovered Delaney had symptoms of COPD — chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — a condition usually seen in older adults, and put her on steroids and asthma medication.
Those include cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, pregnancy, smoking, obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
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