chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

English

Noun

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (countable and uncountable, plural chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases)

1. (pathology) Any of a group of diseases characterized by the pathological limitation of airflow in the airway that is not fully reversible. May be caused by reactive airways, chronic infection, congenital defects, or, most commonly, cigarette smoking. Generally does not include neoplasms, which could also obstruct airways.

Synonyms

• COPD

Translations

group of pulmonary diseases

• Catalan: malaltia pulmonar obstructiva crònica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慢性阻塞性肺病 (mànxìng zǔsèxìng fèibìng)

• Czech: chronická obstrukční plicní nemoc f
• Finnish: keuhkoahtaumatauti
• French: bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive f, maladie pulmonaire obstructive chronique f (Canada)
• German: chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung f
• Greek: χρόνια αποφρακτική πνευμονοπάθεια f (chrónia apofraktikí pnevmonopátheia)
• Hebrew: מחלת ריאות חסימתית כרונית
• Italian: broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva f
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• Japanese: 慢性閉塞性肺疾患 (まんせいへいそくせいはいしっかん)
• Kazakh: өкпенің созылмалы обструктивті ауруы (ökpenıñ sozylmaly obstruktivtı auruy), өкпенің созылмалы обструкциялық ауруы (ökpenıñ sozylmaly obstruksiälyq auruy)
• Korean: 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환(慢性閉鎖性肺疾患) (manseong pyeswaeseong pyejilhwan)
• Latin: morbus chronicus obstructionis pulmonum m
• Persian: بیماری مزمن انسدادی ریه
• Spanish: enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica f
• Swedish: kvickdrag (sv) n
• Ukrainian: хронічне обструктивне захворювання легень (xronične obstruktyvne zaxvorjuvannja lehenʹ)

See also

• emphysema
• chronic bronchitis
• asthma

Further reading

• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia