emphysema

Converse of object

• have: A chest X-ray can show if your lungs have become enlarged, which is a sign of having emphysema.
• cause: The following day an interstitial emphysema caused by a lung weakness was diagnosed.
• develop: As a precaution I was kept in over night as I developed surgical emphysema, from the aspiration site.
• produce: Although cigarette smoke produces emphysema, it does so by increasing the amount of elastase in the lungs.
• inherit: Inherited emphysema This research team will be investigating how an inherited abnormal protein causes lung disease with aim of developing new treatments.
• reveal: His CT scan revealed soft tissue emphysema of the thigh.

Adjective modifier

• subcutaneous: The resulting subcutaneous emphysema can be an indication of the extensive internal damage.
• surgical: Higher pressure is avoided at it can lead to surgical emphysema.
• chronic: Other causes include: chronic bronchitis emphysema cystic fibrosis virus-associated wheeze in pre-school children.
• severe: Hyperinflation of the lungs and a barrel shaped chest is very common in patients with severe emphysema.
• mediastinal: A chest radiograph revealed left sided pleural effusion with mediastinal emphysema.
• interstitial: The following day an interstitial emphysema caused by a lung weakness was diagnosed.

Modifies a noun

• sufferer: One of the biggest worries for COPD and emphysema sufferers is how to expectorate the mucus that is blocking their airways.
• bronchitis: Chronic bronchitis and emphysema Chronic bronchitis and emphysema stop the lungs from working properly, typically causing breathlessness and wheezing.

Noun used with modifier

• lung: Many people suffer from the debilitating lung disease emphysema.
• disease: Many people suffer from the debilitating lung disease emphysema.
• bronchitis: Other causes include: chronic bronchitis emphysema cystic fibrosis virus-associated wheeze in pre-school children.
• eg: People with successfully treated heart/lung diseases ( eg emphysema, asthma ).
• tissue: His CT scan revealed soft tissue emphysema of the thigh.
• onset: The profound lack of circulating a1-antitrypsin predisposes the Z a1-antitrypsin homozygote to early onset emphysema.