肺はい気き腫しゅ

noun

pulmonary emphysema

Medical term for a chronic lung condition where the air sacs are damaged, leading to shortness of breath.

• 喫きつ煙えんは肺はい気き腫しゅの主おもな原げん因いんの一ひとつです。

  Smoking is one of the main causes of pulmonary emphysema.

• 祖そ父ふは肺はい気き腫しゅと診しん断だんされました。

  My grandfather was diagnosed with pulmonary emphysema.