emphysema
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 肺气肿
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
Multiple origins. Partially from post-Classical Latin emphȳsēma (“swelling”), from Ancient Greek ἐμφῡ́σημα (emphū́sēma), from ἐμφῡσάω (emphūsáō, “to puff up”). Also borrowed from Middle French emphysema, from the same Latin source; compare French emphysème. Attested from the late 16th century.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (pathology) An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs.
- (medicine) Ellipsis of pulmonary emphysema, a chronic lung disease, one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.