COPD

abbreviation

1. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Example Sentences

‘She got divorced 4 years ago’: My friend, 72, has COPD.

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And for many people with underlying respiratory illnesses like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, aka COPD, it poses a serious threat in the same way that flu, COVID, and pneumonia are more deadly in vulnerable populations.

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If it’s successful in COPD, we would probably then broaden it to other chronic respiratory diseases like asthma and other chronic lung diseases.

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A statement said he had suffered a "prolongued battle" with the lung disease COPD.

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He added that research shows there are "very real links with vaping to inflammation of your airways which will then exacerbate existing health conditions, whether you have asthma or COPD".

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