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Stedman's > chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

general term used for those diseases with permanent or temporary narrowing of small bronchi, in which forced expiratory flow is slowed, especially when no etiologic or other more specific term can be applied.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






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