emphysema

  • 41Эмфизема (Emphysema) — наличие воздуха в тканях. При легочной эмфиземе (pulmonary emphysema) альвеолы в легких растягиваются и некоторые межальвеолярные перегородки разрываются, в результате чего уменьшается площадь поверхности, через которую происходит газообмен между …

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  • 42subcutaneous emphysema — n the presence of a gas and esp. air in the subcutaneous tissue * * * interstitial emphysema with air in the subcutaneous tissue; it is usually caused by intrathoracic injury, generally associated with pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum. Called… …

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  • 43centriacinar emphysema — centrilobular emphysema one of the principal types of pulmonary emphysema, characterized by enlargement of air spaces in the proximal part of the acinus, primarily at the level of the respiratory bronchioles. See also bronchiolectasis and coal… …

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  • 44focal emphysema — focal dust emphysema centriacinar emphysema associated with inhalation of environmental dusts, producing dilatation of the terminal and respiratory bronchioles …

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  • 45panacinar emphysema — panlobular emphysema one of the principal types of pulmonary emphysema, characterized by relatively uniform enlargement of air spaces throughout the acini. Called also chronic hypertrophic, diffuse, ectatic, generalized, or vesicular e …

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  • 46pulmonary emphysema — noun an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑emphysema • Derivationally related forms: ↑emphysematous (for: ↑emphysema) …

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  • 47acute bovine pulmonary emphysema — acute pulmonary emphysema of cattle fog fever …

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  • 48compensating emphysema — compensatory emphysema overdistention of lung tissue, which fills a void produced by contraction, atelectasis, surgical resection, fibrosis, or otherwise reduced volume of another part of the lung …

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  • 49distal acinar emphysema — one of the principal types of pulmonary emphysema, limited to the distal ends of the alveoli along the interlobular septa and beneath the pleura, forming bullae; see also bullous e. Called also interlobular or paraseptal e …

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  • 50false emphysema — deformity of the thoracic cage simulating that associated with pulmonary emphysema (increased anterior posterior diameter, elevated rib angle, etc.); the lungs may or may not be normal. Called also skeletal e …

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