emphysema

Meaning of emphysema

noun

a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness.
smoking can lead to serious lung diseases such as emphysema
a condition in which air is abnormally present within the body tissues.

mid 17th century (in emphysema (sense 2)): via late Latin from Greek emphusēma, from emphusan ‘puff up’.

Information about emphysema

It is a name.
The plural form of emphysema is: emphysemas.
Languages in which emphysema is used:
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Hyphenation of emphysema

em-phy-sema

It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
emphysema is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Translation of emphysema

French: emphysème
Italian: enfisema
Spanish: enfisema
Portuguese: enfisema

Words that rhyme with emphysema

Centrosema, Nosema, Zosema, centrosema, chaetosema, nosema, aeroemphysema, blepharemphysema, pseudoemphysema

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