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VESICULAR EMPHYSEMA

\vɛsˈɪkjʊləɹ ɛmfˈa͡ɪsmə], \vɛsˈɪkjʊləɹ ɛmfˈa‍ɪsmə], \v_ɛ_s_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_ɹ ɛ_m_f_ˈaɪ_s_m_ə]\

Definitions of VESICULAR EMPHYSEMA

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Dilatation of the air-vesicles.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Of Laennec, that form of pulmonary emphysema which consists in abnormal dilatation of the air vesicles and consequent overaccumulation of air. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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