chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has 1 sense

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers
--₁ is a kind of emphysema, pulmonary emphysema; chronic bronchitis

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