CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mean? 

• CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (noun)
  The noun CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers

  Familiarity information: CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" is a kind of...):

chronic bronchitis (a form of bronchitis characterized by excess production of sputum leading to a chronic cough and obstruction of air flow)

emphysema; pulmonary emphysema (an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age)

 Context examples 

Also called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

(COPD, NCI Dictionary)

Lung disorders include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia, and lung cancer.

(Lung disorder, NCI Dictionary)

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) makes it hard for you to breathe.

(COPD, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

The HAP was originally developed to measure quality of life achieved by patients in rehabilitation programs for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

(Human Activity Profile Test, NCI Thesaurus)

Polymorphism may be associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and aberrant expression may play a role in leukemia relapse.

(FAM13A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

(Emphysema, NCI Dictionary)

Representative examples of non-neoplastic disorders include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia.

(Lung disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The role of Hemophilus influenzae in ear infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease includes the induction of an inflammatory response through activation of the transcription factor NF-kB.

(NFKB Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Representative examples include pleural infection, mediastinitis, pneumonia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

(Non-Neoplastic Thoracic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Reduced expression of the HDAC2 gene is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

(HDAC2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)