chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

noun

, Pathology.

1. any of various lung diseases leading to poor pulmonary aeration, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis. : COPD

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1. 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.

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The patient hospitalized in March had preexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cirrhosis, which may have exacerbated the melioidosis infection.

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He is a widower and suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which put him at high risk of dying if he contracted covid-19.

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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.

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Those include cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, pregnancy, smoking, obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

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