The term "emphysema" is derived from the Greek ἐμφυσᾶν emphysan meaning "inflate" - itself composed of ἐν en, meaning "in", and φυσᾶν physan, meaning "breath, blast".
Emphysema is the scientific name.
The scientific name for emphysema is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Heavy cigarette smoking causes about 80-90% of all emphysema cases
Cancer, emphysema, you name it
emphysema emphysema
The name is emphysema , not emophysema . It causes destruction in the alveoli in our lungs .So the affected person can't breathe properly and hyperventilation occurs .
Cancer, Diabetes, Bronchitis, Emphysema.
The prefix for emphysema is "emphyse-", and the suffix is "-ma".
Emphysema not elsewhere classified
No. You should capitalize diseases that have a proper noun in them, like Down's syndrome, or Grave's disease, but things like myocardial infarction or angina, including emphysema should not be capitalized.
yes
Emphysema has been around as long as cigars. Also, Emphysema has benn around for thousands of years, since the Egyptian times. Emphysema was just recently discovered.