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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
emphysema /ˌɛmfɪˈsiːmə/

▶noun Medicine

1 (also pulmonary emphysema) a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness.

2 a condition in which air is abnormally present within the body tissues.

– origin C17: via late L. from Gk emphusēma, from emphusan ‘puff up’.

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