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Definition: Emphysema |
EmphysemaNoun1. An abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "emphysema" was first used: 1661. (references) |
Etymology: Emphysema \Em`phy*se"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression inflation, from to inflate; in to blow: compare to the French expression emphys[`e]me.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A pathological accumulation of air in tissues or organs. (references) |
Medicine | Abnormal presence of air or gas in the body tissues. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: EmphysemaSynonym: pulmonary emphysema (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Emphysema |
| English words defined with "emphysema": albuterol, Alupent, aminophylline ♦ broken wind ♦ carbon dioxide acidosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ♦ Elixophyllin, emphysematous ♦ hack, heaves ♦ metaproterenol ♦ orthopnea ♦ Potter's asthma, Proventil, pulmonary emphysema ♦ respiratory acidosis ♦ Slo-Bid ♦ Theobid, theophylline, Thick wind ♦ Ventolin, Vesicular emphysema ♦ whoop, Wind dropsy, Wind-broken. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "emphysema": alpha 1-Antitrypsin ♦ cadmium emphysema, Cathepsin B ♦ emphysema caused by cadmium ♦ Isoetharine ♦ Mediastinal Emphysema ♦ Pink Puffer, Pulmonary Interstitial Emphysema ♦ Subcutaneous Emphysema. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Emphysema" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (broken windedness, emphysema, pursiness, short-windedness, Subcutaneous Emphysema). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Warning: Cigarette Smoking May Cause Death From: : Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | However, there is also a form of emphysema that runs in families. (references) | |
This study is known as the National Emphysema Therapy Trial, (NETT). (references) | ||
The nature and role of these other factors in smokers' emphysema are not yet clear. (references) | ||
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| "Emphysema" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Emphysema" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 45 | 50,900 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "emphysema": cadmium emphysema ♦ emphysema caused by cadmium ♦ Emphysema of the lungs ♦ Mediastinal Emphysema ♦ Pulmonary Emphysema ♦ Pulmonary Interstitial Emphysema ♦ Subcutaneous Emphysema ♦ vesicular emphysema. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "emphysema": emphysema-related. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
emphysema | 1,597 |
emphysema symptom | 78 |
emphysema learn | 48 |
emphysema learn more | 38 |
emphysema treatment | 34 |
emphysema picture | 32 |
pulmonary emphysema | 27 |
information on emphysema | 22 |
subcutaneous emphysema | 21 |
lung emphysema | 19 |
emphysema stage | 12 |
emphysema fact | 10 |
emphysema life expectancy | 10 |
emphysema cure | 10 |
emphysema prognosis | 10 |
end stage emphysema | 9 |
emphysema lung picture | 8 |
copd emphysema | 8 |
emphysema disease | 8 |
bullous emphysema | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "emphysema"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | emfizemë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إنتفاخ الرئة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | емфизема. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "肿. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dušnost (heaves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | engbrystighed (broken windedness, pursiness, short-windedness), engbrystethed (broken windedness, pursiness, short-windedness), emfysem, trangbrystethed (broken windedness, pursiness, short-windedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | emfyseem (rash), kortademigheid (broken windedness, dyspnea, dyspnoea, pursiness, shortness of breath, short-windedness), dampigheid (broken windedness, pursiness, short-windedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نفخ (Bloat, Wind), امفیزم , اتساع وبزرگی عضوی دراثرگازیاهوا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | puhkuri (broken windedness, pursiness, short-windedness), ilmapöhö (broken windedness, pursiness, short-windedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | emphysème. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lungenaufblähung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πνευμονικό εμφύσημα (broken windedness, pursiness, short-windedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פחת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tüdőtágulás, légdaganat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | enfisema. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기종. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emphysemaay enfisema pulmonar (broken windedness, pulmonary emphysema, pursiness, short-windedness), enfisema (empire), energicamente (pithless, vigorously). (various references) emfizem. (various references) эмфизема. (various references) emfizem. (various references) enfisema. (various references) emfysem, lungemfysem (broken windedness, pursiness, short-windedness). (various references) อาการผิ"ปกติอย่างเรื้อรังของปอ"โ"ยที่ถุงลมโป่งพองและขา"การยื"หยุ่น. (various references) ciğerlerde hava kalması, anfizem. (various references) емфізема. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | emphysema. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | emphysema. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "emphysema": emphysemas, emphysematous. (additional references) | |
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"Emphysema" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emphasema, emphesema, emphsema, emphysemia, emphysima, empysema, enphysema, Ephygenia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "emphysema" (pronounced e'mfuzē"mu) |
| 3 | -ē" m u | bima, Edema, Pima, prima, Sima. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-m-m-p-s-y" | |
-1 letter: empyemas. | |
-2 letters: empyema, mameyes, mayhems. | |
-3 letters: mameys, mayhem, payees, shammy, spahee. | |
-4 letters: ephas, haems, hames, hammy, heaps, hemes, hemps, hempy, hypes, mamey, mashy, memes, meshy, payee, pease, phase, seamy, seepy, shame, shape, sheep. | |
-5 letters: ahem, amps, apes, apse, ashy, ayes, ease, easy, emes, epha, espy, eyas, eyes, haem, haes, hame, hams, haps, hasp, hays, heap, heme, hemp, hems, hype, hyps, maes, maps, mash, mays, meme, mems, mesa, mesh, pams, pase, pash, pays, peas, pees, pehs, pyas, pyes, same, samp, seam, seem, seep, seme, sham, shay, shea, spae, spam, spay, syph, yams, yaps, yeah, yeas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-m-m-p-s-y" | |
+1 letter: emphysemas. | |
+4 letters: emphysematous. | |
+5 letters: hypomagnesemia, pyrimethamines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 70 68 79 73 65 6D 61 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01110000 01101000 01111001 01110011 01100101 01101101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m p h y s e m a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0070 0068 0079 0073 0065 006D 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)397982749185717967 |
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